Shloka 75

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization

Devanagari script

पुत्रस्नेहश्च बलवान्‌ धृतराष्ट्रस्य माधव । स पुत्रवशमापन्न: प्रणिपातं प्रहास्यति,माधव! धृतराष्ट्रमें अपने पुत्रके प्रति प्रबल आसक्ति है। वे पुत्रके वशमें होनेके कारण कभी झुकना नहीं स्वीकार करेंगे

Transliteration

putrasnehaś ca balavān dhṛtarāṣṭrasya mādhava | sa putravaśam āpannaḥ praṇipātaṃ prahāsyati ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Mādhava, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s affection for his sons is overpowering. Having fallen under their sway, he will not accept the humility of bowing down (in submission or conciliation).”

Word by Word

• पुत्रस्नेहः: affection for (one's) son
• पुत्रस्नेहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रस्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• बलवान्: strong, powerful
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माधव: O Mādhava
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रवशम्: subjection to (his) son; under his son's control
• पुत्रवशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रवश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपन्नः: having fallen into; having become
• आपन्नः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle), आप् (आ + पद्), Passive (participial)

• प्रणिपातम्: bowing down; obeisance
• प्रणिपातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणिपात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रहास्यति: will laugh at; will mock
• Type: Verb
• Root: हास्
• Form: Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, प्र

• माधव: O Mādhava
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)