Shloka 22

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनप्रस्थानम् — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Departure for Forest Life

Devanagari script

यश्न पौरजन: वक्रिद्‌ द्रष्टमिच्छति पार्थिवम्‌ | अनावृत: सुविहितः स च यातु सुरक्षित:,“नगरवासियोंमेंसे जो कोई भी महाराजका दर्शन करना चाहता हो, उसे बेरोक-टोक सुविधापूर्वक सुरक्षितरूपसे चलने दिया जाय इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि आश्रमवासपर्वणि युधिष्िरयात्रायां द्वाविंशोडध्याय:

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

yaś ca paurajanaḥ kaścid draṣṭum icchati pārthivam |

anāvṛtaḥ suvihitaḥ sa ca yātu surakṣitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Let any townsman who wishes to see the king be allowed to go—without being turned back, with proper arrangements made, and in full safety.”

Word by Word

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पौरजनः: a townsman/citizen
• पौरजनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्रित्: crooked, deceitful
• वक्रित्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्रित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इच्छति: wishes/desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिवम्: the king
• पार्थिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनावृतः: unobstructed, not barred
• अनावृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनावृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta) with privative prefix

• सुविहितः: well-arranged, properly provided for
• सुविहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुविहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यातु: let him go/move
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुरक्षितः: protected, safely guarded
• सुरक्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरक्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• pārthiva (the king)
• paurajana (townspeople/citizens)