Shloka 13

अध्याय ६४ — सभामध्ये क्रोध-निवारणम्

Restraint of wrath in the royal assembly

Devanagari script

अबालत्वं मन्यसे राजपुत्र बालो5हमित्येव सुमन्दबुद्धे । यः सौहदे पुरुषं स्थापयित्वा पश्चादेनं दूषयते स बाल:

Transliteration

abālatvaṃ manyase rājaputra bālo ’ham ity eva sumandabuddhe | yaḥ sauhade puruṣaṃ sthāpayitvā paścād enaṃ dūṣayate sa bālaḥ ||

Translation

Vidura réprimanda le prince : «Ô Duryodhana, fils de roi, esprit engourdi ! Tu te crois exempt d’enfance et te dis : “Je suis sage, et lui n’est qu’un garçon.” Mais le véritable sot est celui qui d’abord installe un homme à la place d’un ami de confiance, puis, ensuite, se retourne pour le calomnier et l’accuser.»

Word by Word

• अबालत्वम्: non-childishness, not being a fool
• अबालत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबालत्व (अ + बालत्व)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think/consider
• मन्यसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• राजपुत्र: O prince (king's son)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बालः: a child; a fool
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सुमन्दबुद्धे: O very dull-witted one
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमन्दबुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सौहदे: in friendship; in amity
• सौहदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पुरुषम्: a man, person
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्थापयित्वा: having placed/established
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (स्थापयति)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Causative

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एनद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दूषयते: he blames/defames
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूष् (दूषयति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बालः: is a fool
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Duryodhana