Shloka 696

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

कृतां राज्यप्रदानेन प्रतिज्ञां परिपालयन्‌ । बचपनसे लेकर सदा ही किये हुए आपके पुत्रके सौहार्दका वह समादर करता था और दुर्योधनको राज्य दिलानेकी जो उसने प्रतिज्ञा कर रखी थी, उसके पालनमें वह तत्पर था

Transliteration

kṛtāṃ rājyapradānena pratijñāṃ paripālayan | bālyāt prabhṛti sadā kṛtaṃ tava putrasya sauhārdaṃ sa samādarat, duryodhanāya rājyaṃ dātum iti yā pratijñā tasya pālane sa tatpara āsīt |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Keeping faith with the vow he had made to secure the kingdom for Duryodhana, he remained intent on fulfilling it. From childhood onward, he had always honored the friendship shown by your son, and out of loyalty to that bond he strove to uphold his pledge of restoring Duryodhana to sovereignty.

Word by Word

• कृताम्: made, done (promise)
• कृताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृता (कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त, कृ धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राज्य-प्रदानेन: by (the act of) granting the kingdom
• राज्य-प्रदानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य + प्रदान (प्र-दा धातु से भाव/कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रतिज्ञाम्: promise, vow
• प्रतिज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• परिपालयन्: protecting, fulfilling, observing
• परिपालयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-पाल्
• Form: Present (Vartamana), Parasmaipada, Present active participle (शतृ), nominative singular masculine

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your son')
• Duryodhana