Shloka 14

अङ्गददूतवाक्यं लङ्काप्राकारभेदनं च

Angada’s Embassy and the Breach of Laṅkā’s Ramparts

Devanagari script

गतश्रीकांक्ष्युतान्‌ राज्यात्‌ कृपणान्‌ गतचेतस: । अरण्यवासिन: पार्थान्‌ नानुरोदधुं त्वमहसि

Transliteration

gataśrīkāṅkṣyutān rājyāt kṛpaṇān gatacetasaḥ | araṇyavāsinaḥ pārthān nānurodadhum tvam arhasi ||

Translation

Jayadratha said: “You ought not to plead with the Pārthas—men who have fallen from royal fortune, been driven from their kingdom, become wretched and dispirited, and now live in the forest.”

Word by Word

• गतश्रीकान्: those whose prosperity has departed
• गतश्रीकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतश्री (gata-śrī)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्ष्युतान्: fallen, displaced
• क्ष्युतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्ष्युत (kṣyuta)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राज्यात्: from the kingdom
• राज्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (rājya)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कृपणान्: wretched, pitiable
• कृपणान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण (kṛpaṇa)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गतचेतसः: those whose minds are gone (distraught)
• गतचेतसः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतचेतस् (gata-cetas)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अरण्यवासिनः: dwelling in the forest
• अरण्यवासिनः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरण्यवासिन् (araṇya-vāsin)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पार्थान्: the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (pārtha)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (na)

• अनुरोदधुम्: they conciliated / they sought to win over
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनुरुध् (anu-rudh)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (yuṣmad)
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (arh)
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 2nd, Singular

Speaker

जयद्रथ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jayadratha
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• rājya (kingdom)
• araṇya (forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse illustrates an unethical political attitude: judging worth solely by external fortune and power. Jayadratha treats loss of kingdom and exile as proof of inferiority, showing how pride and contempt distort right counsel and disregard the intrinsic dignity of persons.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jayadratha speaks dismissively about the Pāṇḍavas, describing them as deprived of royal prosperity and living in the forest, and advises that they are not worth conciliating or pleading with.