Shloka 56
Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals
Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness
Devanagari script
अर्थस्य पुरुषो दासो दासस्त्वर्थों न कस्यचित् । इति सत्यं महाराज बद्धो<स्म्यर्थेन कौरवै:,पुरुष अर्थका दास है, अर्थ किसीका दास नहीं है। महाराज! यह सच्ची बात है। मैं कौरवोंके द्वारा अर्थसे बँधा हुआ हूँ
Transliteration
arthasya puruṣo dāso dāsas tv artho na kasyacit | iti satyaṃ mahārāja baddho 'smy arthena kauravaiḥ ||
Translation
Droṇa said: “A man becomes the servant of wealth; wealth, however, is servant to no one. This is the truth, O great king. It is by wealth—by the obligations it creates—that I have been bound by the Kauravas.”
Word by Word
अर्थस्यof wealth/means
अर्थस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पुरुषःa man/person
पुरुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दासःa slave/servant
दासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दासःa slave/servant
दासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अर्थःwealth/means
अर्थः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
कस्यचित्of anyone/anyone's
कस्यचित्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootकश्चित्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
सत्यम्truth
सत्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
बद्धःbound
बद्धः:
TypeAdjective
Rootबद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
अर्थेनby/with wealth
अर्थेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
कौरवैःby the Kauravas
कौरवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
द्रोण उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DroṇaK
KauravasM
Mahārāja (addressed king)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes