Shloka 14

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 69: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reverential Address to Sañjaya on Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

अतत्त्वं कुरुते तत्त्व तेन मोहयते प्रजा:,वे अपनी सत्ता-स्फूर्ति देकर असत्यको भी सत्य-सा कर देते हैं और इस प्रकार सारी प्रजाको मोहमें डाल देते हैं

Transliteration

atattvaṁ kurute tattvaṁ tena mohayate prajāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: He makes what is untrue appear as truth; by that very power he deludes the people. In the ethical frame of the episode, this is a warning about how authority and charisma can lend falsehood the sheen of legitimacy, leading society into confusion and moral error.

Word by Word

• अतत्त्वम्: untruth, non-reality
• अतत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुते: makes, does
• कुरुते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तत्त्वम्: truth, reality
• तत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by that, thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मोहयते: deludes, confuses
• मोहयते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Causative

• प्रजाः: the people, subjects
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• prajāḥ (the people/subjects)