Shloka 42

रात्रौ युद्धप्रवृत्तिः — Night Battle Begins; Duryodhana’s Protective Orders for Droṇa

Droṇa-parva 139

Devanagari script

तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं क्षत्तुर्नि:श्रेयसं वच: । इति संचिन्त्य ते पुत्रो नोत्तरं प्रत्यपद्यत,विदुरजीने जो कल्याणकारी वचन कहा था, उसके अनुसार ही यह संकट प्राप्त हुआ है। ऐसा सोचकर आपके पुत्रसे कोई उत्तर देते न बना

Transliteration

tad idaṃ samanuprāptaṃ kṣattur niḥśreyasaṃ vacaḥ | iti saṃcintya te putro nottaraṃ pratyapadyata |

Translation

Sanjaya said: “This very calamity has come to pass in accordance with the salutary counsel of the Chamberlain (Vidura). Reflecting thus, your son found no reply to give.”

Word by Word

tatthat

idamthis

samanuprāptamhas been fully reached/has come upon

kṣattuḥof the chamberlain (Vidura)

niḥśreyasamhighest good, welfare

vacaḥspeech, word

itithus

saṃcintyahaving reflected

teof you/your

putraḥson

nanot

uttaraman answer

pratyapadyatareplied/returned (an answer)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Vidura (kṣattṛ)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'te')

Duryodhana (implied by 'te putraḥ')

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes