Shloka 3

अध्याय ६ — युधिष्ठिरस्य वैराग्य-वाक्यं धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनगमनाभिलाषश्च

Chapter 6: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Appeal and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Resolve for the Forest

Devanagari script

तथामात्या जनपदा दुर्गाणि विविधानि च । बलानि च कुरुश्रेष्ठ भवत्येषां यथेच्छकम्‌

Transliteration

tathāmātyā janapadā durgāṇi vividhāni ca | balāni ca kuruśreṣṭha bhavaty eṣāṃ yathecchakam ||

Translation

“So too, O best of the Kurus, let the ministers, the provinces, the various forts, and the armed forces be arranged and governed according to their proper functions and as the situation requires.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अमात्याः: ministers
• अमात्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनपदाः: provinces, territories
• जनपदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनपद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुर्गाणि: forts
• दुर्गाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विविधानि: various, diverse
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• बलानि: forces, armies
• बलानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भवति: is, becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एषाम्: of these
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• इच्छकम्: as desired, according to wish
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इच्छक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ (addressed person: best of the Kurus)
• अमात्य (ministers)
• जनपद (provinces/territories)
• दुर्ग (forts)
• बल (armed forces)