Shloka 10
Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge
Devanagari script
कुमारवच्च स्मयसे द्यूते विनिकृतेषु यत् । पाण्डवेषु वने राजन प्रव्रजत्सु पुन: पुनः:
Transliteration
kumāravac ca smayase dyūte vinikṛteṣu yat | pāṇḍaveṣu vane rājan pravrajatsu punaḥ punaḥ ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: “O King, you smile like a child at what was deceitfully done in the game of dice, and you keep smiling again and again as the Pāṇḍavas are driven to depart for the forest.”
Word by Word
कुमारवत्like a boy
कुमारवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootकुमार
FormAvyaya (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त), indeclinable adverbial comparison
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
FormAvyaya
स्मयसेyou smile / you are pleased
स्मयसे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्मि (स्मयते)
FormPresent (लट्), 2nd person, singular, Ātmanepada
द्यूतेin the game of dice
द्यूते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्यूत
FormNeuter, locative, singular
विनिकृतेषुwhen (they) were cheated / in the cheated (ones)
विनिकृतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootविनिकृत
FormMasculine, locative, plural (past passive participle used adjectivally)
यत्since / that
यत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्
FormAvyaya (conjunctional use: 'since/that')
पाण्डवेषुwhen the Pāṇḍavas (were...) / among the Pāṇḍavas
पाण्डवेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव
FormMasculine, locative, plural
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, locative, singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, vocative, singular
प्रव्रजत्सुwhile (they) were going into exile / departing
प्रव्रजत्सु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-√व्रज्
FormMasculine, locative, plural (present active participle used adjectivally)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
FormAvyaya
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
FormAvyaya
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
DhṛtarāṣṭraP
PāṇḍavasD
dyūta (dice-game)V
vana (forest/exile)Sandhi Notes