Shloka 9

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya

Message to the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

एकतो हास्य दाराश्ष ज्ञातयश्ष सबान्धवा: | आत्मा च पृथिवी चेयमेकतश्च धनंजय:,श्रीकृष्णके लिये एक ओर स्त्री, कुटुम्बीजन, भाई-बन्धु, अपना शरीर और यह सारा भूमण्डल है, तो दूसरी ओर अकेला अर्जुन है (अर्थात्‌ वे अर्जुनके लिये इन सबका त्याग कर सकते हैं)

Transliteration

ekato hāsya dārāś ca jñātayaś ca sabāndhavāḥ | ātmā ca pṛthivī ceyam ekataś ca dhanaṃjayaḥ ||

Translation

For Kṛṣṇa, on one side stand his wives, his kinsmen, and all his relatives; on that side are also his very self and this whole earth. On the other side stands Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) alone.

Word by Word

• एकतः: on one side
• एकतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः
• Form: Avyaya (directional/locative sense)

• ह: indeed/for emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• अस्य: of him (for him)
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• दाराः: wives
• दाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ज्ञातयः: kinsmen/relatives
• ज्ञातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सबान्धवाः: together with friends/relations
• सबान्धवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-बान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आत्मा: self/person
• आत्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• पृथिवी: earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एकतः: on one side
• एकतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः
• Form: Avyaya (directional/locative sense)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Pṛthivī (the Earth/realm)
• Dārāḥ (wives)
• Jñātayaḥ (kinsmen)
• Bāndhava (relations)