Shloka 5

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 3 — Sātyaki on Inner Disposition, Legitimacy, and Coercive Readiness

Devanagari script

कथं हि धर्मराजस्य दोषमल्पमपि ब्रुवन्‌ । लभते परिषन्मध्ये व्याहर्तुमकुतो भय:,भला, कोई भी मनुष्य भरी सभामें निर्भय होकर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरपर थोड़ा-सा भी दोषारोपण करे, तो वह कैसे बोलनेका अवसर पा सकता है?

Transliteration

kathaṁ hi dharmarājasya doṣam alpam api bruvan | labhate pariṣanmadhye vyāhartum akuto-bhayaḥ ||

Translation

Bagaimana mungkin seseorang yang mengucapkan bahkan sedikit saja cela tentang Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira dapat memperoleh kesempatan berbicara di tengah sidang—tanpa rasa takut sedikit pun?

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दोषम्: fault/blame
• दोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अल्पम्: small/slight
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ब्रुवन्: saying/speaking (uttering)
• ब्रुवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लभते: obtains/gets
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Lat (Present), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• परिषत्: in the assembly/council
• परिषत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिषत्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• व्याहर्तुम्: to utter/speak out
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-हृ
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• अकुतोभयः: fearless (having fear from nowhere)
• अकुतोभयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• pariṣat (assembly/court)