Shloka 20

सभा-पर्व, अध्याय 56: विदुरस्य द्यूत-निन्दा

Vidura’s Censure of Dicing and Warning to the Kurus

Devanagari script

कालेनाल्पेनाथ निष्ठां गतां तां सभां रम्यां बहुरत्नां विचित्राम्‌ । चित्रैहैमैरासनैर भ्युपेता- माचख्युस्ते तस्य राज्ञ: प्रतीता:

Transliteration

kālenālpennātha niṣṭhāṃ gatāṃ tāṃ sabhāṃ ramyāṃ bahuratnāṃ vicitrām | citrair haimair āsanair abhyupetām ācakhyus te tasya rājñaḥ pratītāḥ ||

Translation

En peu de temps, cette splendide salle d’assemblée—bigarrée, ornée de maints joyaux, pourvue de sièges d’or finement ouvragés—fut achevée. Ceux qui la connaissaient bien la décrivirent alors au roi, la présentant comme une merveille digne de sa reconnaissance et de sa joie.

Word by Word

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अल्पेन: by a little (time), in a short while
• अल्पेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• निष्ठाम्: completion, final state
• निष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गताम्: gone to, having reached
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सभाम्: assembly hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रम्याम्: beautiful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• बहुरत्नाम्: rich in many gems
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुरत्न
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विचित्राम्: variegated, splendid
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चित्रैः: with splendid/variegated (ones)
• चित्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हैमैर्: golden
• हैमैर्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आसनैः: with seats/thrones
• आसनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अभ्युपेता: endowed with, furnished with
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-उप-इ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आचख्युः: they described/told
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रतीताः: well-known, approved/accepted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-इ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• sabhā (assembly hall)
• haima-āsana (golden seats)
• rājā (the king, unnamed in this verse)