Shloka 11

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

कृताकृतपरिज्ञाने तथा55यव्ययचिन्तने । संजयं योजयामास वृद्ध सर्वगुणैर्युतम्‌,कौन-सा कार्य हुआ और कौन-सा नहीं हुआ, इसकी जाँच करने तथा आय और व्ययपर विचार करनेके कार्यमें उन्होंने सर्वगुणसम्पन्न वयोवृद्ध संजयको लगाया

Transliteration

kṛtākṛta-parijñāne tathā āya-vyaya-cintane | sañjayaṃ yojayāmāsa vṛddhaṃ sarva-guṇair yutam ||

Translation

ചെയ്തതും ചെയ്യാതിരുന്നതും പരിശോധിക്കാനും വരവ്-ചെലവ് ആലോചിക്കാനും അദ്ദേഹം സകലഗുണസമ്പന്നനായ വൃദ്ധൻ സഞ്ജയനെ നിയോഗിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• कृताकृतपरिज्ञाने: in the ascertainment of what is done and not done
• कृताकृतपरिज्ञाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृताकृत-परिज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: and also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आयव्ययचिन्तने: in deliberation on income and expenditure
• आयव्ययचिन्तने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आय-व्यय-चिन्तन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संजयम्: Sanjaya
• संजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• योजयामास: appointed / employed
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• वृद्धम्: aged, elderly
• वृद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वगुणैर्युतम्: endowed with all virtues
• सर्वगुणैर्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-गुण-युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes transparent accountability: assessing completed vs. pending duties and managing revenue and expenditure through a trustworthy, virtuous, experienced officer.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that Sañjaya, an elderly and highly qualified person, is assigned the practical administrative task of reviewing outcomes and overseeing financial deliberations.