Shloka 40

उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

कंसमेकं परित्यज्य कुलार्थे सर्वयादवा: । सम्भूय सुखमेधन्ते भारतान्धकवृष्णय:

Transliteration

kaṃsam ekaṃ parityajya kulārthe sarvayādavāḥ | sambhūya sukham edhante bhāratāndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– «မိမိတို့ မျိုးရိုးအကျိုးအတွက် ကံစကို တစ်ဦးတည်းပဲ စွန့်လွှတ်၍ အန္ဓကနှင့် ဝೃṣṇိတို့အပါအဝင် ယာဒဝတို့အားလုံး စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်ကာ သက်သာချမ်းသာစွာ နေထိုင်၍ တဖြည်းဖြည်း တိုးတက်ကြသည်»။

Word by Word

• कंसम्: Kamsa
• कंसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: alone/only
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• कुलार्थे: for the sake of the family/clan
• कुलार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वयादवाः: all the Yadavas
• सर्वयादवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वयादव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्भूय: having come together
• सम्भूय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• सुखम्: happiness/comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एधन्ते: they prosper/thrive
• एधन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: एध्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अन्धकवृष्णयः: the Andhakas and the Vrishnis
• अन्धकवृष्णयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धकवृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kamsa
• Yādavas
• Andhakas
• Vṛṣṇis
• Bhārata (descendant of Bharata; addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A society protects its dharma and long-term welfare by uniting for the common good and decisively rejecting a single harmful, tyrannical force—even if that force is powerful—rather than tolerating it for short-term convenience.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana cites the example of the Yādava clans: by collectively abandoning Kamsa, they consolidate their unity, live securely, and prosper—presented as a model of clan-protective political action.