Shloka 48

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

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Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच तदाहं परिरभ्यैक: प्रीतिपूर्वमिदं वच: । भवतोक्तो न मे शिष्यस्त्वद्धिशिष्टो भविष्यति,अर्जुनने कहा--आचार्य! उस दिन तो आपने मुझ अकेलेको हृदयसे लगाकर बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ यह बात कही थी कि मेरा कोई भी शिष्य तुमसे बढ़कर नहीं होगा

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca—tadāhaṁ parirabhyaikaḥ prītipūrvam idaṁ vacaḥ | bhavatokto na me śiṣyas tvad dhiśiṣṭo bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “On that day you embraced me alone and, with heartfelt joy, spoke these words: ‘No disciple of mine will ever surpass you.’”

Word by Word

अर्जुनःArjuna

उवाचsaid

तदाthen, at that time

अहम्I

परिरभ्यhaving embraced

एकःalone

प्रीतिपूर्वम्with affection/joy, gladly

इदम्this

वचःword, statement

भवताby you (sir)

उक्तःsaid, spoken

नnot

मेof me, my

शिष्यःdisciple

त्वत्than you, from you

अधिशिष्टःsuperior, surpassing (lit. instructed over)

भविष्यतिwill be

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Ācārya (the teacher, addressed honorifically)

Sandhi Notes