Shloka 52
Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot
Devanagari script
देवाह्ा मानुषा भोगा: प्राप्ता असुलभा नृपै:
Transliteration
devāhā mānuṣā bhogāḥ prāptā asulabhā nṛpaiḥ
Translation
“ദേവന്മാർക്കും മനുഷ്യർക്കും യോജ്യമായ ഭോഗങ്ങൾ—രാജാക്കന്മാർക്കുപോലും ദുർലഭമായവ—ഞാൻ പ്രാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.”
Word by Word
देवाःgods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मानुषाःhumans/men
मानुषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भोगाःenjoyments/pleasures
भोगाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभोग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्राप्ताःobtained/attained
प्राप्ताः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
असुलभाःhard to obtain
असुलभाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअसुलभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नृपैःby kings
नृपैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
दुर्योधन उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
DuryodhanaD
devas (gods)N
nṛpas (kings)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line highlights how attachment to pleasure and status can inflate pride and obscure dharma; even extraordinary worldly gains remain ethically hollow when pursued through adharma and violence.
In Shalya Parva, Duryodhana speaks in a self-justifying, boastful tone, claiming he has secured exceptional enjoyments—divine and human—rare even for kings, reflecting his mindset as the war reaches its grim culmination.