Shloka 9

धृतराष्ट्रस्य उपालम्भः तथा पाण्डव-समाश्वासनम् | Dhṛtarāṣṭra Reproved and the Pāṇḍavas Consoled

Devanagari script

किं नु राज्येन ते कार्य पितृन्‌ भ्रातृनपश्यतः । अभिमन्यु च दुर्धर्ष द्रौपदेयांश्व भारत,“भरतवंशी नरेश! अपने ताऊ, चाचा और भाइयोंको, दुर्जय वीर अभिमन्युको तथा द्रौपदीके सभी पुत्रोंको न देखनेपर इस राज्यसे आपका क्या प्रयोजन है?”

Transliteration

kiṁ nu rājyena te kāryaṁ pitṝn bhrātṝn apaśyataḥ | abhimanyuṁ ca durdharṣaṁ draupadeyāṁś ca bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “What use is this kingdom to you, when you no longer behold your elders and kinsmen—your fathers’ brothers and your own brothers—nor the unconquerable Abhimanyu, nor all the sons of Draupadī, O scion of Bharata?”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• राज्येन: with/by the kingdom; by sovereignty
• राज्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: dative, singular

• कार्यम्: purpose/use; what is to be done
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• पितॄन्: fathers/elders (paternal elders)
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अपश्यतः: (you) not seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: present, second, singular, parasmaipada

• अभिमन्युम्: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युम्: Karma
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• दुर्धर्ष: O hard-to-overcome one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर्ष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• द्रौपदेयान्: the sons of Draupadi
• द्रौपदेयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदेय
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

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

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Abhimanyu
• Draupadeyas (sons of Draupadī)
• Draupadī
• Bharata lineage (Bhārata)