Shloka 17

सहदेव–सात्यकि संवादः

Sahadeva and Satyaki on resolve after failed conciliation

Devanagari script

ते चैनमनुनेष्यन्ति धृतराष्ट्र जनाधिपम्‌ | त॑ च पापसमाचारं सहामात्यं सुयोधनम्‌,ये लोग राजा धूृतराष्ट्र तथा मन्त्रियोंसहित पापाचारी दुर्योधनको (समझा-बुझाकर) राहपर लायँगे

Transliteration

te cainam anuneṣyanti dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam | taṃ ca pāpasamācāraṃ sahāmātyaṃ suyodhanam ||

Translation

അവർ മനുഷ്യാധിപനായ രാജാവ് ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രനെ ഉപദേശിച്ച് ശരിയായ വഴിയിലേക്ക് തിരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുവരും; പാപാചാരിയായ സുയോധനനെയും അവന്റെ മന്ത്രിമാരോടുകൂടി ശാസിച്ച് തടയും.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुनेष्यन्ति: will persuade/lead (back) after (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-नी
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनाधिपम्: lord of men, king
• जनाधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (one/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• पापसमाचारम्: one of wicked conduct
• पापसमाचारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पापसमाचार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अमात्यम्: minister/counsellor
• अमात्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुयोधनम्: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Amātyas (ministers/counselors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous counsel (nīti) should be used to restrain rulers and their advisers from sinful policy; timely persuasion can avert the slide from moral error into destructive war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula expresses confidence/expectation that certain people will persuade King Dhṛtarāṣṭra and also admonish Suyodhana (Duryodhana) along with his ministers, attempting to bring them back onto a righteous path.