Shloka 52

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

देवाह्ा मानुषा भोगा: प्राप्ता असुलभा नृपै:

Transliteration

devāhā mānuṣā bhogāḥ prāptā asulabhā nṛpaiḥ

Translation

Duryodhana declares that he has attained pleasures fit for gods and humans—enjoyments rarely obtained even by kings—revealing his pride in worldly success and his fixation on transient rewards amid the moral collapse of war.

Word by Word

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मानुषाः: humans/men
• मानुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भोगाः: enjoyments/pleasures
• भोगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राप्ताः: obtained/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• असुलभाः: hard to obtain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुलभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपैः: by kings
• नृपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• devas (gods)
• nṛpas (kings)