Shloka 22

Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration

Devanagari script

न क्वचिद्धि मया तादूग दृष्टपूर्वो न च श्रुत: । यादृग्‌ धनागमो यज्ञे पाण्डुपुत्रस्य धीमत:,बुद्धिमान्‌ पाण्डुकुमार युधिष्ठिरके यज्ञमें धनकी जैसी प्राप्ति हुई है, वैसी मैंने पहले कहीं न तो देखी है और न सुनी ही है

Transliteration

na kvacid dhi mayā tādṛg dṛṣṭapūrvo na ca śrutaḥ | yādṛg dhanāgamo yajñe pāṇḍuputrasya dhīmataḥ ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “Never before have I seen or even heard of such a thing anywhere—the kind of wealth that has flowed in at the sacrifice of the wise son of Pāṇḍu.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• kvacit: anywhere/ever
• kvacit: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit

• hi: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• tādṛk: such (of that kind)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dṛṣṭa-pūrvaḥ: seen before/previously seen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭa-pūrva
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• śrutaḥ: heard
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śruta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yādṛk: such as/what kind of
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛś
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dhana-āgamaḥ: acquisition/influx of wealth
• dhana-āgamaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana-āgama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• yajñe: in the sacrifice
• yajñe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• pāṇḍu-putrasya: of the son of Pāṇḍu
• pāṇḍu-putrasya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍu-putra
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• dhīmataḥ: of the wise/intelligent one
• dhīmataḥ: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍuputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• yajña (sacrifice)