Shloka 8

Ulūka’s Provocative Envoy-Speech in the Pāṇḍava Camp

Ulūka-dūta-vākya

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच त्वद्युक्तोडयमनुप्रश्नो महाराज यथेच्छसि । नतु दुर्योधने दोषमिममाधातुमरहसि,संजयने कहा--महाराज! आपने जो कुछ पूछा है और आप जैसा चाहते हैं, वह सब आपके योग्य है; परंतु आपको युद्धका दोष दुर्योधनके माथेपर नहीं मढ़ना चाहिये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca tvadyukto ’yam anupraśno mahārāja yathecchasi | na tu duryodhane doṣam imam ādhātum arhasi ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O great king, this follow-up question of yours is fitting, and you may inquire as you wish. Yet you ought not to lay the blame for this war upon Duryodhana alone.”

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

त्वयाby you

युक्तःproper/appropriate

अयम्this

अनुप्रश्नःfollow-up question/inquiry

महाराजO great king

यथाas/according as

इच्छसिyou wish/desire

नnot

तुbut/however

दुर्योधनेin/onto Duryodhana (i.e., upon Duryodhana)

दोषम्fault/blame

इमम्this

आधातुम्to place/impute/lay (blame)

अर्हसिyou ought/are fit

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra

Duryodhana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes