Shloka 4

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

Devanagari script

0 | ॥॥ पितामह विजानीषे पार्थेषु विजयं कथम्‌ । नाहं भवति न द्रोणे न कृपे न च बाह्वलिके

Transliteration

pitāmaha vijānīṣe pārtheṣu vijayaṃ katham | nāhaṃ bhavati na droṇe na kṛpe na ca bāhvalike ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “Grandfather, you surely know how victory could come to the sons of Pāṇḍu. Yet for me it will not be so—neither through Droṇa, nor through Kṛpa, nor even through Bāhvalīka.”

Word by Word

• पितामह: O grandsire
• पितामह: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विजानीषे: you know / you understand
• विजानीषे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Present, 2, Singular, Atmanepada

• पार्थेषु: among the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

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

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: is / happens / becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• द्रोणे: in/with Droṇa
• द्रोणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कृपे: in/with Kṛpa
• कृपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

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

• बाह्वलिके: in/with Bāhvalika
• बाह्वलिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्वलिक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Pāṇḍavas (Pārthas)
• Droṇa
• Kṛpa
• Bāhvalīka