Shloka 32

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Restraint and the Pāṇḍavas’ Authorized Return (धृतराष्ट्र-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

शकुनिरुवाच अस्ति ते वै प्रिया राजन्‌ ग्लह एको5पराजित: । पणस्व कृष्णां पाञ्चालीं तया$5त्मानं पुनर्जय,तत्पश्चात्‌ शकुनिने फिर कहा--राजन्‌! आपकी प्रियतमा द्रौपदी एक ऐसा दाँव है, जिसे आप अबतक नहीं हारे हैं; अत: पांचालराजकुमारी कृष्णाको आप दाँवपर रखिये और उसके द्वारा फिर अपनेको जीत लीजिये

Transliteration

śakunir uvāca—asti te vai priyā rājan glaha eko 'parājitaḥ | paṇasva kṛṣṇāṃ pāñcālīṃ tayā 'tmānaṃ punaḥ jaya ||

Translation

Śakuni said: “O King, you still have one stake not yet lost—your beloved Draupadī. Wager Kṛṣṇā of Pāñcāla; by staking her, win yourself back again.”

Word by Word

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• अस्ति: there is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• प्रिया: beloved (woman)
• प्रिया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ग्लहः: stake / wager
• ग्लहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकः: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपराजितः: unconquered / not yet lost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपराजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पणस्व: wager (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पण्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• कृष्णाम्: Krishna (Draupadi)
• कृष्णाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पाञ्चालीम्: the Panchala princess
• पाञ्चालीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तया: by her / with her
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• आत्मानम्: yourself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• जय: win (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

• तत्: then / after that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakuni
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Draupadī (Kṛṣṇā, Pāñcālī)
• Pāñcāla