Shloka 4

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

एष ते नृपते पुत्र: श्रीमान्‌ जातो बलाधिक: । तस्मादस्मान्न भेतव्यमव्यग्र: पाहि वै शिशुम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa te nṛpate putraḥ śrīmān jāto balādhikaḥ | tasmād asmān na bhetavyam avyagraḥ pāhi vai śiśum ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O king, this son of yours has been born endowed with fortune and surpassing strength. Therefore you should not fear on our account; remain untroubled and calmly rear and protect the child.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• नृपते: O king
• नृपते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: prosperous, endowed with splendor
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलाधिकः: superior in strength, very strong
• बलाधिकः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलाधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

• अस्मान्: from us (as the source of fear)
• अस्मान्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Plural

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

• भेतव्यम्: should be feared / one should fear
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, impersonal obligation

• अव्यग्रः: unagitated, calm
• अव्यग्रः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाहि: protect, take care of
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने)
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• शिशुम्: the infant/child
• शिशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• nṛpati (the king addressed)
• putra (the newborn son/child)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should not be driven by fear or agitation; when auspicious strength and fortune are present, he should remain composed and fulfill his duty of protection and nurturing—especially toward a vulnerable child.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma reassures a king about the king’s newborn son, praising the child’s auspicious qualities and strength, and urges the king to set aside anxiety and responsibly protect and raise the infant.