Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शकुनिरुवाच अमुज्चत्‌ स्थविरो यद्‌ वो धनं पूजितमेव तत्‌ । महाधन ग्लहं त्वेक॑ शूणु भो भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

śakunir uvāca: amuñcat sthaviro yad vo dhanaṃ pūjitam eva tat | mahādhana glahaṃ tv ekaṃ śṛṇu bho bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

શકુનિ બોલ્યો—હે ભરતશ્રેષ્ઠ! અમારા વૃદ્ધ મહારાજે તમને જે ધન પરત આપ્યું, તે જ ધન તમે પહેલાં યથાવિધિ પૂજીને સ્વીકાર્યું હતું. હવે, હે ભરતવૃષભ, મહાધનનો એક જ દાવ સાંભળો.

Word by Word

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमुचत्: released / let go / gave up
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्थविरः: the elder (one)
• स्थविरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थविर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which / what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वः: of you (pl.) / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• धनम्: wealth / money
• धनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पूजितम्: honoured / respected
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• महाधन: O great-wealth (one) / O very wealthy one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ग्लहम्: a game of dice / gambling match
• ग्लहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्लह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• एकम्: one / single
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: hear / listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भो: O! (vocative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakuni
• the elder (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)
• Bharatarṣabha (Yudhiṣṭhira, addressed)