Shloka 25

Tilottamā, Sunda–Upasunda, and the Pāṇḍava Samaya (Ādi Parva 204)

Devanagari script

ट्रुपदो5पि महान्‌ राजा कृतवैरश्न नः पुरा । तस्य संग्रहणं राजन्‌ स्वपक्षस्य विवर्धनम्‌,राजन! ट्रुपद भी बहुत बड़े राजा हैं और पहले हमारे साथ उनका वैर भी हो चुका है। अतः मित्रके रूपमें उनका संग्रह हमारे अपने पक्षकी वृद्धिका कारण होगा

Transliteration

trupado 'pi mahān rājā kṛtavairaś ca naḥ purā | tasya saṅgrahaṇaṃ rājan svapakṣasya vivardhanam ||

Translation

Vidura said: “Drupada too is a great king, and in former times he even bore enmity toward us. Therefore, O King, to win him over as an ally would strengthen our own side.”

Word by Word

• त्रुपदः: Drupada
• त्रुपदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतवैरः: one who has made enmity (an enemy)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतवैर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• पुरा: formerly/earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• तस्य: of him/of that (Drupada)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• संग्रहणम्: winning over/conciliating; taking into alliance
• संग्रहणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्रहण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वपक्षस्य: of (our) own side/party
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विवर्धनम्: increase/strengthening
• विवर्धनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर्धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Drupada
• King (addressed as rājan)