Shloka 6

Divākara-prasāda and the Establishment of Akṣaya-anna

Sūrya’s Favor and Inexhaustible Provision

Devanagari script

एतस्‍स्य ते दुष्प्रणीतस्य राजन्‌ शेषस्याहं परिपश्याम्युपायम्‌ । यथा पुत्रस्तव कौरव्य पापा- न्मुक्तो लोके प्रतितिछेत साधु,कुरुराज! दुरात्माओंद्वारा पाण्डवोंके प्रति किये हुए इस दुर्व्यवहारकी शान्तिका उपाय मैं जानता हूँ, जिससे आपका पुत्र दुर्योधन पापसे मुक्त हो लोकमें भलीभाँति प्रतिष्ठा प्राप्त करे

Transliteration

etasyā te duṣpraṇītasya rājan śeṣasyāhaṃ paripaśyāmy upāyam | yathā putras tava kauravya pāpān mukto loke pratitiṣṭhet sādhu ||

Translation

Vidura said: “O King, I see a remedy for what remains of this ill-guided course of yours—so that your son, O Kaurava, may be freed from sin and may stand well established in the world with a good name.”

Word by Word

• {'etasyāḥ/etasya': 'of this (matter/situation)', 'te': 'your', 'duṣpraṇītasya': 'ill-conducted, wrongly led, mismanaged', 'rājan': 'O king', 'śeṣasya': 'of what remains

• the remainder', 'aham': 'I', 'paripaśyāmi': 'I clearly see, I discern', 'upāyam': 'means, remedy, strategy', 'yathā': 'so that, in such a way that', 'putraḥ': 'son', 'tava': 'your', 'kauravya': 'O descendant of Kuru

• O Kaurava', 'pāpāt/pāpān': 'from sin / sins', 'muktaḥ': 'freed, released', 'loke': 'in the world, among people', 'pratitiṣṭhet': 'may become firmly established

• may gain standing', 'sādhu': 'well, rightly

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)
• Duryodhana (implied as 'your son')
• Kuru/Kaurava lineage