Shloka 3

उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

यच्चैवं मन्यसे मूढ न मे कश्रिद्‌ व्यतिक्रम: । पाण्डवेष्विति तत्‌ सर्व निबोधत नराधिपा:

Transliteration

yaccaivaṁ manyase mūḍha na me kaścid vyatikramaḥ | pāṇḍaveṣv iti tat sarvaṁ nibodhata narādhipāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “If you think so, O deluded one, know that there is no transgression on my part. As for what concerns the Pāṇḍavas—understand all of that fully, O kings.”

Word by Word

• यत्: that (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• मन्यसे: you think
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: present indicative, 2, singular, ātmanepada

• मूढ: O deluded one
• Type: Adjective (used as vocative noun)
• Root: मूढ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (कः) + चित्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• व्यतिक्रमः: transgression / overstepping
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतिक्रम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पाण्डवेषु: with regard to / among the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all / entirely
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• निबोधत: understand / know (you all)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (बोधति) + नि
• Form: imperative, 2, plural, parasmaipada

• नराधिपाः: O kings (lords of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• narādhipāḥ (kings)