Shloka 34

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Duryodhana Saṃvāda on Restraint and Rājānīti

Chapter 50

Devanagari script

उवाच सहदेवस्तु तत्र मां विस्मयन्निव । इदं द्वारमितो गच्छ राजन्निति पुन: पुन:,वहाँ सहदेवने मुझे आश्वर्यमें डालते हुए बार-बार यह कहा--'राजन्‌! यह दरवाजा है, इधर चलिये”

Transliteration

uvāca sahadevas tu tatra māṁ vismayann iva | idaṁ dvāram ito gaccha rājan iti punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “There, Sahadeva—almost as if to confound me—kept saying again and again, ‘O King, this is the doorway; come this way.’”

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Accusative, Singular

• विस्मयन्: astonishing (me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्मि
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्वारम्: door/gate
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इतः: from here/this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस्

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• इति: thus/quoting
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Sahadeva
• rājan (king, addressed person)
• dvāra (doorway/entrance)