Shloka 9

दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya

Devanagari script

अर्जुनश्व यमौ चोभौ सर्वे ते प्राहसंस्तदा । नामर्षयत्‌ ततस्तेषामवहासममर्षण:

Transliteration

arjunaś ca yamau cobhau sarve te prāhasaṃs tadā | nāmarṣayat tatas teṣām avahāsam amarṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Arjuna and the two twins—indeed all of them—laughed aloud. But he who could not endure insult did not tolerate their mockery.

Word by Word

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यमौ: the twins (Nakula and Sahadeva)
• यमौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राहसन्: laughed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

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

• अमर्षयत्: endured / tolerated
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अवहासम्: mockery / ridicule
• अवहासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवहास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमर्षणः: unable to endure (intolerant)
• अमर्षणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Yamau (Nakula and Sahadeva)