Shloka 9
सभा-पर्व (अध्याय ६०) — द्रौपदी-प्रश्नः सभायाम् / Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly
Devanagari script
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो जग्राह शकुनिस्तानक्षानक्षतत्त्ववित् । जितमित्येव शकुनिर्युधिष्ठिरमभाषत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर पासे फेंकनेकी कलामें अत्यन्त निपुण शकुनिने उन पासोंको हाथमें लिया और उन्हें फेंककर युधिष्ठिरसे कहा--“लो, यह दाँव मैंने जीता”
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: Then Śakuni, supremely skilled in casting the dice and knowing their every art, took the dice in his hand. He threw them and said to Yudhiṣṭhira, “I have won.”
Word by Word
वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
जग्राहtook, seized
जग्राह:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
शकुनिःŚakuni
शकुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशकुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अक्षान्dice
अक्षान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअक्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अक्षतत्त्ववित्knower of the principles/technique of dice
अक्षतत्त्ववित्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्ष-तत्त्व-विद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जितम्won; victory
जितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजि
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
शकुनिःŚakuni
शकुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशकुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरम्Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अभाषतspoke to, addressed
अभाषत:
TypeVerb
Rootभाष्
FormImperfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes