Shloka 10

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reception Plan for Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa): Gifts, Procession, and Protocol

Devanagari script

यथा प्रीतिर्महाबाहो त्वयि जायेत तस्य वै । तथा कुरुष्व गान्धारे कथं वा भीष्म मन्यसे,“महाबाहु गान्धारीनन्दन! तुम ऐसा प्रयत्न करो, जिससे श्रीकृष्णके हृदयमें तुम्हारे प्रति प्रेम उत्पन्न हो जाय। अथवा भीष्मजी! इस विषयमें आपकी क्या सम्मति है?”

Transliteration

yathā prītir mahābāho tvayi jāyeta tasya vai | tathā kuruṣva gāndhāre kathaṃ vā bhīṣma manyase |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຜູ້ມີແຂນແຂງກ້າ, ໂອ ບຸດແຫ່ງຄານທາຣີ, ຈົ່ງພະຍາຍາມໃຫ້ຄວາມເມດຕາຮັກໃຄ່ ເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນພຣະໄທຂອງພຣະກຣິດສະນາຕໍ່ເຈົ້າ. ຫຼືບໍ່ຢ່າງນັ້ນ, ພຣະພີສະມະ—ໃນເລື່ອງນີ້ ທ່ານເຫັນຄວນຢ່າງໃດ?»

Word by Word

• यथा: as, in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रीतिः: affection, love
• प्रीतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वयि: in/for you, towards you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जायेत: may arise, may be born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कुरुष्व: do (it), undertake
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गान्धारे: O son of Gandhāra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• भीष्म: O Bhīṣma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मन्यसे: you think, you consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gāndhārī
• Gāndhārī-nandana (Duryodhana)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Bhīṣma