Shloka 27

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

न तद्‌ दुर्योधनकृतं न च तद्‌ भवता कृतम्‌

Transliteration

na tad duryodhana-kṛtaṃ na ca tad bhavatā kṛtam

Translation

“That deed was not done by Duryodhana, nor was it done by you.” Thus Vaiśampāyana frames the event as not merely the product of personal agency, but as something arising from forces beyond individual blame—inviting a reflective, ethical pause on responsibility, fate, and the aftermath of the great war.

Word by Word

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

• तत्: that (deed/act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• दुर्योधनकृतम्: done by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधनकृत
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• तत्: that (deed/act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• भवता: by you (honorific)
• भवता: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Vaiśampāyana