Shloka 9

याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः

Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly

Devanagari script

एवं ते ज्ञातय: सर्वे मोदमाना: शतं समा: । त्वन्नियुक्त: सव्यसाची निगृह्नलातु सुयोधनम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ te jñātayaḥ sarve modamānāḥ śataṁ samāḥ | tvanniyuktaḥ savyasācī nigṛhṇīyātu suyodhanam ||

Translation

Thus may all your kinsmen rejoice for a hundred years. Let the ambidextrous Arjuna, acting under your command, restrain Suyodhana (Duryodhana).

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• ते: your (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ज्ञातयः: kinsmen/relatives
• ज्ञातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• मोदमानाḥ: rejoicing
• मोदमानाḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: present active participle (parasmaipada), masculine, nominative, plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• समाः: years
• समाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• त्वत्: by you/from you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: ablative, singular

• नियुक्तः: appointed/commissioned
• नियुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• सव्यसाची: Ambidextrous one (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• निगृह्णातु: let (him) restrain/seize
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ग्रह्
• Form: imperative (lot), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सुयोधनम्: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Arjuna (Savyasācī)
• Duryodhana (Suyodhana)
• Kinsmen of the Kuru house (jñātayaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wrongdoing within the family and state should be checked through rightful authority and measured restraint; protecting the many and preserving peace is a king’s dharmic responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura urges the king to authorize Arjuna—renowned as Savyasācī—to curb Duryodhana, so that the entire royal clan may live in joy and stability for a long time.