Shloka 17

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 72 — Bhīmasena’s counsel on conciliation and Duryodhana’s disposition

Devanagari script

कालेन महता चैषां भविष्यति पराभव: । प्रकृतिं ते भजिष्यन्ति नष्टप्रकृतयो मयि,'दीर्घकालके पश्चात्‌ इनकी भारी पराजय होगी। इनकी स्वाभाविक शूरता-वीरता आदि नष्ट हो जायगी और ये मेरे पास ही प्राणत्याग करेंगे”

Transliteration

kālena mahatā caiṣāṁ bhaviṣyati parābhavaḥ | prakṛtiṁ te bhajiṣyanti naṣṭa-prakṛtayo mayi ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “In the course of time, and after a long while, a great downfall will surely come upon them. Their native disposition—courage, vigor, and the like—will be broken; bereft of their true nature, they will finally return to their own condition and meet their end in my very presence.”

Word by Word

• कालेन: by/with time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, long (time)
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• एषाम्: of these (people)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भविष्यति: will be/happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पराभवः: defeat, downfall
• पराभवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकृतिम्: natural state, original nature
• प्रकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भजिष्यन्ति: will resort to/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नष्टप्रकृतयः: whose nature is ruined
• नष्टप्रकृतयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्टप्रकृति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मयि: in/with me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• they (unspecified opponents/party in context)