Shloka 9

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship

Devanagari script

विरोचन उवाच प्राजापत्यास्तु वै श्रेष्ठा वयं केशिनि सत्तमा: । अस्माकं खल्विमे लोका: के देवा: के द्विजातय:,विरोचनने कहा--केशिनी! हम प्रजापतिकी श्रेष्ठ संतानें हैं, अतः सबसे उत्तम हैं। यह सारा संसार हमलोगोंका ही है। हमारे सामने देवता क्‍या हैं? और ब्राह्मण कौन चीज हैं?

Translation

Virocana said: “O Keśinī, we are the finest offspring of Prajāpati, and therefore the most excellent. These worlds are truly ours. What are the gods before us? And what are the twice-born—what are brahmins?”

Word by Word

virocanaḥVirocana

uvācasaid

prājāpatyāḥdescended from Prajāpati / belonging to Prajāpati

tubut/indeed

vaiindeed/verily

śreṣṭhāḥbest, foremost

vayamwe

keśiniO Keśinī

sattamāḥmost excellent

asmākamof us / our

khaluindeed, surely

imethese

lokāḥworlds/realms

kewho?/what sort of?

devāḥgods

kewho?/what sort of?

dvijātayaḥtwice-born (Brahmins etc.)

Speaker

विरोचन उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes