Shloka 76

अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

इदमभ्यधिकं राजन ब्राह्मणा: कुरवश्च ते । समेता: कथयन्तीह मुदिता: सत्यसंधताम्‌,“महाराज! इसके सिवा, यह भी सुननेमें आया है कि ब्राह्मण और कुरुवंशी एकत्र होकर बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ आपकी सत्यप्रतिज्ञताका वर्णन करते हैं

Transliteration

idam abhyadhikaṃ rājan brāhmaṇāḥ kuravaś ca te | sametāḥ kathayantīha muditāḥ satyasaṃdhatām ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Lagi pula, wahai Raja, juga terdengar di sini bahwa para Brahmana dan keturunan wangsa Kuru berkumpul dan dengan gembira menuturkan keteguhanmu pada kebenaran serta pada janji yang kau ikrarkan.”

Word by Word

• idam: this (also/this much)
• idam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• abhyadhikam: something additional; moreover
• abhyadhikam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhyadhika
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• kuravaḥ: Kurūs; men of the Kuru line
• kuravaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• te: they
• te: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• sametāḥ: assembled; having come together
• sametāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√i (sameti) / sameta
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, kta (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• kathayanti: they speak of; they recount
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (kathayati)
• Form: present, parasmaipada, 3rd, plural

• iha: here; in this world/among people
• iha: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha

• muditāḥ: gladdened; delighted
• muditāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudita
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, kta (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• satya-saṃdhatām: truthfulness; fidelity to one’s vow (lit. ‘truth-keeping’)
• satya-saṃdhatām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya-saṃdhā (satya + saṃdhā)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king addressed)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Kurūs (Kuru dynasty)