Shloka 45

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm

Devanagari script

कि कृत्वा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो राजा सुयोधन: । तथा श्रिया युत: पापै: सह सर्व: पदानुगै:,“धृतराष्ट्रका पुत्र राजा सुयोधन कौन-सा पुण्यकर्म करके अपने समस्त पापी सेवकोंके साथ वैसी अद्भुत शोभा और सम्पत्तिसे संयुक्त हुआ है?

Transliteration

kiṁ kṛtvā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro rājā suyodhanaḥ | tathā śriyā yutaḥ pāpaiḥ saha sarvaḥ padānugaiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “By performing what meritorious deed did King Suyodhana, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, become endowed with such splendor and prosperity—together with all his sinful followers and attendants?”

Word by Word

• किम्: what (deed)
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: क्त्वा, active, absolutive (gerund)

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सुयोधनः: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तथा: thus; in such a manner
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• श्रिया: with splendor/fortune
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• युतः: joined; endowed
• युतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (योगे)
• Form: क्त, masculine, nominative, singular

• पापैः: with sinful (ones)
• पापैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सर्वः: all; entire
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पदानुगैः: with followers/attendants (lit. step-followers)
• पदानुगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदानुग
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Śrī (prosperity/splendor)