Shloka 3

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

अनुग्राह्मया वयं नूनं भवतामिति मे मति: । यदेवं गुणसम्पन्नानस्मान्‌ ब्रूथ विमत्सरा:

Transliteration

anugrāhyā vayam nūnaṁ bhavatām iti me matiḥ | yad evaṁ guṇasampannān asmān brūtha vimatsarāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “It is surely your kindness that has made us worthy of your regard—such is my conviction. For you, free from envy, speak to us in this manner, treating us as people endowed with good qualities.”

Word by Word

• अनुग्राह्याः: to be favored / deserving of favor
• अनुग्राह्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग्राह्य (अनु + √ग्रह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नूनम्: surely / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• भवताम्: of you (honored ones)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• मे: my / of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मतिः: thought / opinion
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: since / because
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्

• एवम्: thus / in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• गुणसम्पन्नान्: endowed with virtues
• गुणसम्पन्नान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणसम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्रूथ: you say / you speak (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Present, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• विमत्सराः: free from envy
• विमत्सराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमत्सर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical speech rooted in vimatsaratā (freedom from envy) and the humility of attributing honor and recognition to the listener’s kindness (anugraha), not to one’s own merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana acknowledges the interlocutors’ gracious, non-envious manner of addressing him and his group as virtuous, interpreting their respectful words as an act of favor and goodwill.