Shloka 27

Devanagari script

न शक्‍्यन्ते हास्य गुणा: प्रसंख्यातुं नरेश्वर । एष धर्मपरो नित्यमानृशंसश्न पाण्डव:,नरेश्वर! इनके सदगुणोंकी गणना नहीं की जा सकती। ये पाण्डुनन्दन नित्य धर्मपरायण तथा दयालु स्वभावके हैं। राजन! समस्त राजाओंके शिरोमणि पाण्डुनन्दन महाराज युधिष्ठिर इस प्रकार सर्वोत्तम गुणोंसे युक्त होकर भी राजोचित आसनके अधिकारी क्‍यों नहीं हैं?

Transliteration

na śakyante hāsya guṇāḥ prasaṅkhyātuṃ nareśvara | eṣa dharmaparo nityam ānṛśaṃsaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “O king, his virtues cannot be fully counted. This son of Pāṇḍu is ever devoted to dharma and is compassionate by nature. O ruler of men, though Yudhiṣṭhira—the crest-jewel among kings—possesses such supreme qualities, why should he not be worthy of a royal seat?”

Word by Word

नnot

शक्यन्तेare able / can be (done)

हindeed

अस्यof him / of this one

गुणाःqualities, virtues

प्रसंख्यातुम्to enumerate, to count

नर-ईश्वरO lord of men (king)

एषःthis (man)

धर्म-परःdevoted to dharma

नित्यम्always

आनृशंसःcompassionate, non-cruel

चand

पाण्डवःthe Pandava (son of Pandu)

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍu

nareśvara (the addressed king)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes