Shloka 14

कृष्ण-दूतविषये दुर्योधनस्य बन्धन-प्रस्तावः — Duryodhana’s Proposal to Detain Krishna

Envoy-Ethics Debate

Devanagari script

यत्‌ त्वस्य प्रियमातिथ्यं मानाहस्य महात्मन: । तदस्मै क्रियतां राजन्‌ मानाहोंडसौ जनार्दन:,राजन! सम्माननीय महात्मा श्रीकृष्णका जो परम प्रिय आतिथ्य है, वह तो कीजिये ही; क्योंकि वे भगवान्‌ जनार्दन सबके द्वारा सम्मान पानेके योग्य हैं

Transliteration

yat tv asya priyam ātithyaṃ mānārhasya mahātmanaḥ | tad asmai kriyatāṃ rājan mānārho ’sau janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိဒုရက ပြောသည်– “အို မင်းကြီး၊ သူ့အတွက် အလွန်နှစ်သက်သော ဧည့်ဝတ်ပြုမှုကို မလွဲမသွေ ပြုလုပ်ပါ။ သူသည် ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာရထိုက်သော မဟာစိတ်ရှိသူ ဖြစ်၏။ ထိုယနာရ္ဒန (ကృష్ణ) သည် အမှန်တကယ် ကန်တော့လေးစားထိုက်သူ ဖြစ်သဖြင့် သူ့အတွက် ထိုအရာကို ပြုလုပ်ပါ။”

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आतिथ्यम्: hospitality, reception of a guest
• आतिथ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मानार्हस्य: of one worthy of honor
• मानार्हस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• क्रियताम्: let it be done / should be performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Passive, Third, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मानार्हः: worthy of honor
• मानार्हः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• King (rājan; addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)