Shloka 14

स्त्रीपर्व १: धृतराष्ट्रशोकः संजयाश्वासनं च

Strī Parva 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Saṃjaya’s Consolation

Devanagari script

सभामध्ये तु कृष्णेन यच्छेयो5भिहितं मम । अलं वैरेण ते राजन पुत्र: संगृह्तामिति

Transliteration

sabhāmadhye tu kṛṣṇena yac chreyo 'bhihitaṃ mama | alaṃ vairena te rājan putraḥ saṃgṛhyatām iti ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “In the royal assembly, Kṛṣṇa declared to me what was truly for my good: ‘Enough of enmity, O King; restrain your son.’” The line underscores the ethical demand to curb destructive hostility and to place responsibility on the ruler to govern his own household before it consumes the realm.

Word by Word

• सभामध्ये: in the assembly
• सभामध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा + मध्ये
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कृष्णेन: by Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• श्रेयः: the better course; welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अभिहितम्: said; declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धा (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• अलम्: enough; sufficient
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम्

• वैरेण: with enmity; by hostility
• वैरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: of you; your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रः: the son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संगृह्यताम्: let (him) be restrained/checked; let (him) be held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ग्रह् (लोट्, आत्मनेपद)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/impersonal imperative sense

• इति: thus (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛṣṇa
• the royal assembly (sabhā)
• the king addressed as 'rājan'
• the son (putraḥ)