Shloka 263

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

ततो नृपतयो वीरा: स्थास्यन्ति मम शासने । “अकेला कर्ण ही मेरे साथ रहकर समस्त पाण्डवोंको मार डालेगा। फिर सारे वीर नरेश मेरी आज्ञाके अधीन हो जायँगे

Transliteration

tato nṛpatayo vīrāḥ sthāsyanti mama śāsane |

Translation

Then the valiant kings will stand obedient to my command. (Thus he imagines:) ‘Karna alone, remaining by my side, will slay all the Pāṇḍavas; thereafter all the heroic rulers will come under my authority.’

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• नृपतयः: kings
• नृपतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वीराः: valiant (ones)
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थास्यन्ति: will stand / will remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Future (Simple Future), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शासने: in (my) rule/command
• शासने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Karna
• Pandavas
• kings (nṛpati)