Shloka 9

Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

सग्रामनगरा पार्थ ससागरवनाकरा | भवानेव प्रियो5स्माकं त्वयि भार: समाहित:,जो लोग उसके द्वारा समय-समयपर समादृत हुए हैं, वे कभी उसकी शक्ति क्षीण नहीं होने देंगे | पार्थ! आज यह सारी पृथ्वी ग्राम, नगर, समुद्र, वन तथा खानोंसहित दुर्योधनके वशमें है। तुम्हीं हम सब लोगोंके अत्यन्त प्रिय हो। हमारे उद्धारका सारा भार तुमपर ही है

Transliteration

sa-grāma-nagarā pārtha sa-sāgara-vanākarā | bhavān eva priyo ’smākaṁ tvayi bhāraḥ samāhitaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Pārtha, this whole earth—with its villages and cities, with its seas, forests, and mines—lies under Duryodhana’s control today. You alone are dearest to us; upon you rests the entire burden of our deliverance.”

Word by Word

• {'sa-': 'with

• together with (prefix indicating accompaniment)', 'grāma': 'village', 'nagara': 'city, town', 'pārtha': 'son of Pṛthā

• Arjuna (vocative)', 'sa-sāgara': 'together with the ocean(s)

• including the seas', 'vana': 'forest, woodland', 'ākara': 'mine, quarry

• source/place of extraction', 'bhavān': 'you (honorific pronoun)', 'eva': 'indeed

• emphatic particle', 'priyaḥ': 'dear, beloved', 'asmākam': 'of us

• our', 'tvayi': 'in/with respect to you

• upon you (locative)', 'bhāraḥ': 'burden, responsibility, weight', 'samāhitaḥ': 'placed upon

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Duryodhana
• Pṛthivī (the earth)