Shloka 24

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Duryodhana Saṃvāda on Restraint and Rājānīti

Chapter 50

Devanagari script

न मे हस्त: समभवद्‌ू वसु तत्‌ प्रतिगृह्नतः । अतिष्ठन्त मयि श्रान्ते गृह दूराहतं वसु,उस रत्नराशिको ग्रहण करते-करते जब मेरा हाथ थक गया, तब मेरे थक जानेपर राजालोग रत्नराशि लिये बहुत दूरतक खड़े दिखायी देने लगते थे

Transliteration

na me hastaḥ samabhavad vasu tat pratigṛhṇataḥ | atiṣṭhanta mayi śrānte gṛhe dūrāhataṃ vasu ||

Translation

Dijo Duryodhana: «Mi mano no podía seguir el ritmo de recibir aquella riqueza. Cuando me rendí de cansancio, la gente aún permanecía allí—lejos, en el salón—sosteniendo montones de bienes, aguardando para presentarlos.»

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• हस्तः: hand
• हस्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभवत्: was able / sufficed / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वसु: wealth, treasure
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिगृह्णतः: while (I) was receiving/accepting
• प्रतिगृह्णतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + ग्रह्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अतिष्ठन्त: stood
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मयि: in/with regard to me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Locative, Singular

• श्रान्ते: when (I was) tired
• श्रान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गृह: household / (people of) the house
• गृह: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दूर: far
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर

• आहतम्: brought/collected (lit. struck/obtained)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + हन्
• Form: Past passive participle, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वसु: wealth, treasure
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• wealth (vasu)
• heaps of jewels/treasures (implied by context)