Shloka 51

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्रो नरश्रेष्ठ मुहामानो मुहुर्मुहुः । गच्छन्तु योषित: सर्वा गान्धारी च यशस्विनी

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭro naraśreṣṭha muhāmāno muhur muhuḥ | gacchantu yoṣitaḥ sarvā gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, insan terbaik, berulang kali tenggelam dalam kebingungan, memerintahkan, “Biarlah semua perempuan pergi; dan biarlah Gāndhārī yang termasyhur itu pun berangkat.”

Word by Word

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

• नरश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• नरश्रेष्ठ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मुह्यमानः: being bewildered/deluded
• मुह्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्यत् (मुह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive/ātmanepada participle sense), Atmanepada (participle)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• गच्छन्तु: let (them) go
• गच्छन्तु: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गान्धारी: Gāndhārī
• गान्धारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यशस्विनी: the illustrious (lady)
• यशस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Gāndhārī
• women (yoṣitaḥ)