Shloka 52

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

देवाह्ा मानुषा भोगा: प्राप्ता असुलभा नृपै:

Transliteration

devāhā mānuṣā bhogāḥ prāptā asulabhā nṛpaiḥ

Translation

“Kenikmatan yang layak bagi para dewa dan manusia—yang bahkan jarang diperoleh para raja—telah kucapai.”

Word by Word

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• मानुषाः: humans/men
• मानुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भोगाः: enjoyments/pleasures
• भोगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राप्ताः: obtained/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• असुलभाः: hard to obtain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुलभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपैः: by kings
• नृपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• devas (gods)
• nṛpas (kings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how attachment to pleasure and status can inflate pride and obscure dharma; even extraordinary worldly gains remain ethically hollow when pursued through adharma and violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Shalya Parva, Duryodhana speaks in a self-justifying, boastful tone, claiming he has secured exceptional enjoyments—divine and human—rare even for kings, reflecting his mindset as the war reaches its grim culmination.