Shloka 27

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

व्यवहारश्न ते राजन्‌ नित्यमाप्तैरधिषछित:

Transliteration

vyavahāraś ca te rājan nityam āptair adhiṣṭhitaḥ

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Oh Rey, tu proceder en los asuntos del mundo ha estado siempre guiado y sostenido por ancianos dignos de confianza y de buena voluntad».

Word by Word

• व्यवहारज्ञः: knower of conduct/affairs
• व्यवहारज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवहारज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य
• Form: true

• आप्तैः: by trusted (persons)
• आप्तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अधिष्ठितः: is attended/served; is presided over
• अधिष्ठितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king addressed)