Shloka 10

धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Bala

Devanagari script

तद्‌ ददातु भवान्‌ वित्तं यावदिच्छसि पार्थिव । त्वमी श्वरो 5स्य राज्यस्य प्राणानामपि भारत,'पृथ्वीनाथ! भरतनन्दन! आप जितना धन दान करना चाहें, करें। आप मेरे राज्य और प्राणोंके भी ईश्वर हैं!

Transliteration

tad dadātu bhavān vittaṁ yāvad icchasi pārthiva | tvam īśvaro 'sya rājyasya prāṇānām api bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Therefore, O king, give as much wealth in charity as you desire. O Bhārata, you are the lord of this kingdom—and even of my very life.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददातु: let (him) give / may (he) give
• ददातु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वित्तम्: wealth, money
• वित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यावत्: as much as / so long as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• इच्छसि: you desire, you wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (इच्छति)
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ईश्वरः: lord, master
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राज्यस्य: of the kingdom
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्राणानाम्: of (our/my) lives, vital breaths
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (address to a Bharata-descendant king)
• pārthiva (the king, addressed)
• rājya (kingdom)
• prāṇa (life-breath/life)