Shloka 22

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

दुर्योधन उवाच क्षिप्रमागम्यतां राजन्‌ पाण्डवं वीक्ष्य पार्थिव । त्वय्यधीना: सम राजेन्द्र वरदानं स्मरस्व न:

Transliteration

duryodhana uvāca | kṣipram āgamyatāṃ rājan pāṇḍavaṃ vīkṣya pārthiva | tvayy adhīnāḥ sma rājendra varadānaṃ smarasva naḥ ||

Translation

ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「王よ、地の主よ、パーンダヴァに会い、その姿を見たなら、速やかに戻ってください。王の中の王よ、われらはあなたに依り頼む。あなたが授けたその恩寵を、どうか忘れないでください。」

Word by Word

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• आगम्यताम्: let (him) come / may (he) come
• आगम्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

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

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Yudhishthira)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीक्ष्य: having seen / after seeing
• वीक्ष्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पार्थिव: O king (earth-lord)
• पार्थिव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वयि: in you / on you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Singular

• अधीनाः: dependent (upon)
• अधीनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्मः: we are
• स्मः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• राजेन्द्र: O lord of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वरदानम्: boon, gift
• वरदानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरदान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्मरस्व: remember
• स्मरस्व: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• the King (addressed as rājan/pārthiva/rājendra)
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights political ethics around promises: a boon (varadāna) creates an obligation, and Duryodhana strategically invokes that prior commitment to secure support and prompt action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana urges the addressed king to meet Yudhiṣṭhira (the Pāṇḍava) and then return quickly, reminding him that the Kauravas rely on him and that he must honor the boon previously granted to them.