Shloka 18

विदुर-धृतराष्ट्रसंवादः

Vidura–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Dialogue on Rajadharma and Restitution

Devanagari script

सोऊहं त्यक्तो धृतराष्ट्रेण राज्ञा प्रशासितुं त्वामुपयातो नरेन्द्र । तद्‌ वै सर्व यन्मयोक्त सभायां तद्‌ धार्यतां यत्‌ प्रवक्ष्यामि भूय:,नरेन्द्र! इस प्रकार राजा धृतराष्ट्रने मुझे त्याग दिया है; अतः मैं तुम्हें उपदेश देनेके लिये आया हूँ। मैंने सभामें जो कुछ कहा था और पुन: इस समय जो कुछ कह रहा हूँ, वह सब तुम धारण करो

Transliteration

so 'haṃ tyakto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājñā praśāsituṃ tvām upayāto narendra | tad vai sarvaṃ yan mayoktaṃ sabhāyāṃ tad dhāryatāṃ yat pravakṣyāmi bhūyaḥ ||

Translation

“I have been cast aside by King Dhṛtarāṣṭra; therefore I have come to you, O lord of men, to counsel and guide you. Whatever I spoke earlier in the royal assembly—and whatever I shall say again now—let all of it be held firmly in your mind.”

Word by Word

• {"so 'ham (saḥ aham)": 'I (that very person)', 'tyaktaḥ': 'abandoned, rejected, cast off', 'dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa': 'by Dhṛtarāṣṭra', 'rājñā': 'by the king', 'praśāsitum': 'to instruct, to govern/discipline, to guide', 'tvām': 'you', 'upayātaḥ': 'has come, has approached', 'narendra': 'O king

• lord of men', 'tad vai': 'therefore indeed

• that indeed', 'sarvam': 'all, everything', 'yat': 'whatever', 'mayā uktam (mayoktam)': 'spoken by me', 'sabhāyām': 'in the assembly, in the court', 'dhāryatām': 'let it be held/retained (in mind)

• let it be borne', 'pravakṣyāmi': 'I will declare, I will speak', 'bhūyaḥ': 'again, further, once more'}

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Narendra (the addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Sabhā (royal assembly/court)