Shloka 8

Nārada’s Visit at Indraprastha and Counsel on Concord; Introduction to Sundopasunda–Tilottamā

Devanagari script

अथवा कुशला: केचिदुपायनिपुणा नरा: । इतरेतरत:ः पार्थान्‌ भेदयन्त्वनुरागत:,अथवा कुछ ऐसे मनुष्य भेजे जाय, जो उपाय ढूँढ़ निकालनेमें चतुर तथा कार्यकुशल हों और प्रेमपूर्वक बातें करके कुन्तीपुत्रोंमें परस्पर फ़ूट डाल दें

Transliteration

athavā kuśalāḥ kecid upāya-nipuṇā narāḥ | itaretarataḥ pārthān bhedayantu anurāgataḥ ||

Translation

Or else, let some capable men—skilled in expedients and effective in action—be dispatched, so that, by speaking in a show of affection and loyalty, they may sow division among the sons of Kuntī (the Pāṇḍavas), setting them against one another.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• कुशलाः: skilled, competent
• कुशलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उपाय-निपुणाः: expert in stratagems/means
• उपाय-निपुणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराः: men, persons
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इतरेतरतः: mutually, from one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतरेतरतः

• पार्थान्: the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भेदयन्तु: let them divide / sow dissension
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Loṭ

• अनुरागतः: affectionately, with apparent attachment
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुराग

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas / sons of Kuntī)