Shloka 106

Drupada’s Instruction to the Purohita for the Kaurava Embassy (द्रुपदोपदेशः दूतप्रेषणम्)

Devanagari script

पुनरेकत्रकरणं तेषां कर्म भविष्यति । जब मन्त्रियोंमें फूट पड़ जायगी और योद्धा भी विमुख होकर चल देंगे, तब उनका (प्रधान) कार्य होगा--पुनः नूतन सेनाका संग्रह और संगठन

Transliteration

punar ekatra-karaṇaṁ teṣāṁ karma bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Drupada said: “Their chief task will again be to bring things back into one place—reuniting and reorganizing. When dissension arises among the ministers and even the warriors turn away and depart, their primary work will be to gather a fresh army and restore its order.”

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एकत्र: together, in one place
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकत्र

• करणम्: making, bringing about
• करणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• कर्म: task, duty, action
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

दुपद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Drupada