Shloka 27

धृतराष्ट्र-सत्कारः तथा श्राद्ध-दाने नियमनम् | Honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Regulating Śrāddha-Gifts

Devanagari script

न राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रस्य न च दुर्योधनस्य वै

Transliteration

na rājño dhṛtarāṣṭrasya na ca duryodhanasya vai, viparīta-kaś ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ |

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– «ဓြတရာရှ္ဋ္ရ မင်းကြီးနှင့် ထိုနည်းတူ ဒုရျောဓနအပေါ်၌ မည်သူမျှ ဆန့်ကျင်၍ မပြုလုပ်စေ။ ထိုအမိန့်နှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်ပြုမူသူသည် ငါ၏ ရန်သူ ဖြစ်၏; စည်းကမ်းနှင့် နာခံမှုအောက်၌ နေသူသည် သင့်လျော်သော လူ (နှင့် မိတ်ဖက်) ဟု သတ်မှတ်ရမည်»။

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• दुर्योधनस्य: of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• विपरीत: contrary, adverse
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपरीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कश्चित्: someone, anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• शत्रुः: enemy
• शत्रुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नियम्य: having restrained/controlled
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• भवेत्: would be / should become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Friendship and legitimacy are defined by disciplined adherence to rightful authority and social duty; oppositional, disruptive conduct is treated as enmity and becomes liable to correction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a policy attributed to the ruling side: Dhṛtarāṣṭra (and by extension Duryodhana) are to be treated as authoritative figures; those who comply are counted as allies, while those who act contrary are marked as enemies.