Shloka 10

Adhyāya 48 — Duryodhana’s Account of Tribute and the Provisioned Court (सभा पर्व, अध्याय ४८)

Devanagari script

यच्चासहायतां राजन्नुक्तवानसि भारत । तन्मिथ्या भ्रातरो हीमे तव सर्वे वशानुगा:

Transliteration

yaccāsahāyatāṃ rājann uktavān asi bhārata | tan mithyā bhrātaro hīme tava sarve vaśānugāḥ ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “And what you have said, O King—O descendant of Bharata—about being without allies is untrue. For these brothers of mine are all obedient to your will and follow your command.”

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• असहायताम्: helplessness, lack of allies
• असहायताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असहायता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उक्तवान्: having said, you said
• उक्तवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्तवतुँ (क्तवतु), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मिथ्या: false, wrongly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

• वशानुगाः: obedient, following (your) control
• वशानुगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशानुग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bharata (dynastic epithet)