Shloka 30

खाण्डवप्रस्थप्रवेशः तथा इन्द्रप्रस्थनिर्माणवर्णनम् | Entry into Khāṇḍavaprastha and Description of Indraprastha’s Founding

Devanagari script

अन्यस्मिन्‌ नृप कर्तव्ये त्वमन्यत्‌ कुरुषेडनघ । तेषां बलविघातो हि कर्तव्यस्तात नित्यश:,निष्पाप नरेश! हमें करना तो कुछ और चाहिये, किंतु आप करते कुछ और (ही) हैं। तात! हमारे लिये तो यही उचित है कि हम सदा पाण्डवोंकी शक्तिका विनाश करते रहें

Transliteration

anyasmin nṛpa kartavye tvam anyat kuruṣed anagha | teṣāṃ balavighāto hi kartavyas tāta nityaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, when something else ought to be done, you—blameless one—do something different. For us, dear child, the proper course is this alone: to keep, at all times, working to break the strength of those men (the Pāṇḍavas).”

Word by Word

अन्यस्मिन्in/with regard to another (matter)

नृपO king

कर्तव्येwhen (something) is to be done / in the matter to be done

त्वम्you

अन्यत्something else

कुरुषेyou do

अनघO sinless one

तेषाम्of them

बल-विघातःdestruction/impairment of (their) strength

हिindeed/for

कर्तव्यःis to be done / must be done

तातO dear one / O son

नित्यशःalways/continually

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

nṛpa (king)

Pāṇḍavas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes