Shloka 3

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वंशोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Dynastic Counsel on Legitimate Rule

Devanagari script

तथा पाण्डुर्नरपति: सत्यसंधो जितेन्द्रिय: । राजा कुरूणां धर्मात्मा सुव्रतः सुसमाहित:

Transliteration

tathā pāṇḍur narapatiḥ satyasaṃdho jitendriyaḥ | rājā kurūṇāṃ dharmātmā suvrataḥ susamāhitaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu berkata: “Demikian juga Raja Pāṇḍu—penguasa manusia—teguh pada kebenaran dan menguasai inderanya. Baginda, raja Kuru yang berjiwa dharma, kukuh pada ikrarnya dan sangat tenang dalam batin.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पाण्डुः: Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरपतिः: king (lord of men)
• नरपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यसन्धः: true to his pledge, of firm truth
• सत्यसन्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यसन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: self-controlled (having conquered the senses)
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled, virtuous
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुव्रतः: of good vows/observances
• सुव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुसमाहितः: well-composed, well-concentrated
• सुसमाहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसमाहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Pāṇḍu
• Kurus