Shloka 59

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ

Devanagari script

तब सम्पूर्ण धर्मोंके ज्ञाता विदुरजीने अपनी दोनों भुजाएँ ऊपर उठाकर सभासदोंको चुप कराया और इस प्रकार कहा ।। विदुर उवाच द्रौपदी प्रश्नमुक्त्वैवं रोरवीति हनाथवत्‌ । नच विश्रूत त॑ प्रश्न॑ सभ्या धर्मोत्र पीड्यते

Transliteration

vidura uvāca | draupadī praśnam uktvaivaṁ roravīti ha nāthavat | na ca viśruta taṁ praśnaṁ sabhyā dharmo 'tra pīḍyate ||

Translation

ဝိဒုရက ပြောသည်– “ဒြೌပဒီသည် မိမိ၏ မေးခွန်းကို ထုတ်ပြောပြီးနောက် အကာအကွယ်မဲ့သူကဲ့သို့ ငိုကြွေးအော်ဟစ်နေ၏။ သို့သော် ထိုမေးခွန်းကို အစည်းအဝေး၌ သေချာစွာ မကြားမိကြ၊ ဤတရားရုံးတော်အတွင်း၌ပင် ဓမ္မကို ဖိနှိပ်နေကြသည်။”

Word by Word

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रौपदी: Draupadi
• द्रौपदी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौपदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रश्नम्: question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उक्त्वा: having spoken/asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• रोरवीति: cries out/lamented loudly
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुरु/रु (रोरव् as intensive/onomatopoetic base)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Describes loud lament/cry; form is irregular/poetic

• हनाथवत्: like one without protector
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाथवत् (ha- is orthographic/variant in some recensions)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, with द्रौपदी

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

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

• विश्रुतः: well-known/renowned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (PPP)

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रश्नम्: question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सभ्याः: members of the assembly
• सभ्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मः: dharma/righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• पीड्यते: is oppressed/afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Draupadī
• sabhyāḥ (assembly/courtiers)
• dharma