Shloka 12

Adhyāya 52 (Sabhā-parva): Vidura Invites Yudhiṣṭhira to Hastināpura for the Dice Match

Devanagari script

निचितं पर्वतेभ्यश्व हिरण्यं भूरिवर्चसम्‌ । बलिं च कृत्स्नमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति वारिता:

Transliteration

nicitaṁ parvatebhyaś ca hiraṇyaṁ bhūrivarcasam | baliṁ ca kṛtsnam ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ ||

Translation

ទុរយោធនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ «ហើយមាសដ៏ភ្លឺចែងចាំង ដែលប្រមូលបានពីភ្នំៗ ព្រមទាំងសួយសារអស់ទាំងមូល—កាន់យកគ្រប់អំណោយទាំងនេះ—ពួកគេឈរនៅមាត់ទ្វារ ត្រូវបានរារាំង មិនឲ្យចូល»។

Word by Word

• निचितम्: heaped up, amassed
• निचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निचित (नि+चित, √चि)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पर्वतेभ्यः: from the mountains
• पर्वतेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भूरिवर्चसम्: of great splendor
• भूरिवर्चसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि-वर्चस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलिम्: tribute, offering
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कृत्स्नम्: entire, complete
• कृत्स्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (√दा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• द्वारि: at the gate
• द्वारि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठन्ति: they stand
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (√स्था)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• वारिताः: restrained, stopped
• वारिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारित (√वृ/वार् caus. 'to restrain')
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• gold (hiraṇya)
• mountains (parvata)
• tribute/offerings (bali)
• gate/door (dvāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how royal wealth and tribute, though impressive, become ethically charged when access and honor are controlled by gatekeeping; it points to the tension between rightful reception of guests/tributaries and the politics of exclusion driven by pride or rivalry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana describes splendid mountain-gathered gold and complete tribute being brought, yet the bearers are stopped and made to stand at the gate, indicating a disruption in courtly reception and foreshadowing resentment and conflict within the royal setting.