Shloka 22

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Duryodhana Saṃvāda on Restraint and Rājānīti

Chapter 50

Devanagari script

ज्येष्टोडयमिति मां मत्वा श्रेष्ठ क्षेति विशाम्पते । युधिष्ठिरेण सत्कृत्य युक्तो रत्नपरिग्रहे,महाराज! मुझे अन्य सब भाइयोंसे ज्येष्ठ और श्रेष्ठ मानकर युधिष्छिरने सत्कारपूर्वक रत्नोंकी भेंट लेनेके कामपर नियुक्त कर दिया था

Transliteration

jyeṣṭo ’yam iti māṁ matvā śreṣṭha kṣeti viśāmpate | yudhiṣṭhireṇa satkṛtya yukto ratnaparigrahe ||

Translation

હે પ્રજાપતે! ‘આ જ જ્યેષ્ઠ છે, આ જ શ્રેષ્ઠ છે’ એમ માની યુધિષ્ઠિરે મને સન્માન આપ્યું અને રત્ન-ભેટો સ્વીકારવાના કાર્યમાં નિયુક્ત કર્યો।

Word by Word

• ज्येष्ठः: eldest
• ज्येष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदयम्: rise; eminence; superiority
• उदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus; as (saying)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• मत्वा: having thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• श्रेष्ठः: best; foremost
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षेति: dwells; rules (as a king)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरेण: by Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्कृत्य: having honored; having treated respectfully
• Type: Verb
• Root: सत्-कृ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• युक्तः: appointed; engaged; assigned
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रत्न-परिग्रहे: in the receiving/acceptance of jewels (gifts)
• रत्न-परिग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्नपरिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• ratna (jewels/precious gifts)