Shloka 7

Vāraṇāvata-praveśa and Jatugṛha-saṃdeha

Entry into Vāraṇāvata and Suspicion of the Lac-House

Devanagari script

क्षत्तर्यद्‌ गुरुराचार्यो ब्रवीति कुरु तत्‌ तथा । न हीदृशं प्रियं मन्‍्ये भविता धर्मवत्सल,(आचार्यसे इतना कहकर राजा धुृतराष्ट्र विदुरसे बोले--) “धर्मवत्सल! विदुर! गुरु द्रोणाचार्य जो काम जैसे कहते हैं, उसी प्रकार उसे करो। मेरी रायमें इसके समान प्रिय कार्य दूसरा नहीं होगा”

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |

kṣattaryad gurur ācāryo bravīti kuru tat tathā |

na hīdṛśaṃ priyaṃ manye bhavitā dharmavatsala ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “O Kṣattṛ (Vidura), O dharma-loving one—do exactly as the revered teacher Droṇa instructs. I do not think anything could be more pleasing to me than this.”

Word by Word

क्षत्तःthe chamberlain (Vidura)

यत्whatever (that which)

गुरुःthe teacher

आचार्यःthe preceptor

ब्रवीतिsays

कुरुdo

तत्that

तथाthus; in that manner

नnot

हिindeed; for

ईदृशम्such; of this kind

प्रियम्dear; pleasing (thing)

मन्येI think; I consider

भविताwill be; is going to be

धर्मवत्सलO one fond of dharma

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

ध

धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

व

विदुर (Vidura, addressed as Kṣattṛ)

द

द्रोणाचार्य (Droṇācārya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes