Shloka 10

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 31 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Instructions to Sañjaya

Peace Appeal and Five-Village Proposal

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्र रवाच अभिनन्द्य त्वां तात वदामि संजय अजातशत्रुं च सुखेन पार्थम्‌ । कच्चित्‌ स राजा कुशली सपुत्र: सहामात्य: सानुज: कौरवाणाम्‌

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | abhinandya tvāṃ tāta vadāmi sañjaya ajātaśatruṃ ca sukhena pārtham | kaccit sa rājā kuśalī saputraḥ sahāmātyaḥ sānujaḥ kauravāṇām ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra dit : «Cher Sañjaya, après t’avoir accueilli, je te demande : Ajātaśatru—Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira), fils de Kuntī—se porte-t-il bien et demeure-t-il en paix ? Ce roi des Kaurava est-il sain et sauf et prospère, avec ses fils, ses ministres et ses frères cadets ?»

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• अभिनन्द्य: having greeted / having welcomed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-नन्द्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• तात: dear (son) / dear one
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वदामि: I say / I ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अजातशत्रुम्: Ajatashatru (he whose enemy is not born; Yudhishthira)
• अजातशत्रुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजातशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुखेन: with well-being / comfortably
• सुखेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पार्थम्: the son of Pritha (here: Yudhishthira)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कच्चित्: I hope / is it the case that...?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

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

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशली: well / in good health
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सपुत्रः: together with (his) sons
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अमात्यः: with ministers / having ministers
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सानुजः: together with younger brothers
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अनुज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरवाणाम्: of the Kauravas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Ajātaśatru, Pārtha, son of Kuntī)
• Kuntī
• Kauravas