Shloka 28

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

सो>त्यन्तसुखसंवृद्धो लक्ष्म्या लोकस्य चेश्वर:

Transliteration

so ’tyantasukhasaṁvṛddho lakṣmyā lokasya ceśvaraḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus, he—nurtured and elevated by the height of prosperity and pleasure—stood as a lord over the people, empowered by fortune. The line underscores how worldly sovereignty can be strengthened by comfort and wealth, even amid the moral pressures of war.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अत्यन्त-सुख-संवृद्धः: grown up in extreme happiness; greatly prospered in comfort
• अत्यन्त-सुख-संवृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वृध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लक्ष्म्या: by/with fortune, prosperity
• लक्ष्म्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• लोकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ईश्वरः: lord, ruler
• ईश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Lakṣmī (as fortune/prosperity)
• loka (the people/world)