Shloka 38

Śakuni–Duryodhana-saṃvāda: Dyūta-yojanā (Śakuni and Duryodhana on Planning the Dice-Game)

Devanagari script

इति तेषां वच: श्रुत्वा ततः कुरुपितामह: । उवाच मतिमान्‌ भीष्मस्तानेव वसुधाधिपान्‌,उन राजाओंकी ये बातें सुनकर कुरुकुलके पितामह बुद्धिमान्‌ भीष्मजी फिर उन्हीं नरेशोंसे बोले--

Transliteration

iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā tataḥ kurupitāmahaḥ | uvāca matimān bhīṣmas tān eva vasudhādhipān ||

Translation

Hearing the words spoken by those kings, the grandsire of the Kuru line—wise Bhīṣma—then addressed those very rulers again.

Word by Word

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

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कुरु-पितामहः: the grandsire of the Kurus
• कुरु-पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपितामह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, active

• मतिमान्: wise/intelligent
• मतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मतिमत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वसुधा-अधिपान्: lords of the earth (kings)
• वसुधा-अधिपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधाधिप
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru dynasty
• kings (vasudhādhipa)