Shloka 12

Dyūta-kathā-praśnaḥ — Inquiry into the Dice-Game Calamity

Devanagari script

त्वामेक॑ कारणं कृत्वा कालेन भरतर्षभ | समेत पार्थिव क्षत्रं क्षयं यास्यति भारत । दुर्योधनापराधेन भीमार्जुनबलेन च,“भरतकुलतिलक! एकमात्र तुम्हींको निमित्त बनाकर यथासमय समस्त भूमिपालोंका समुदाय आपसमें लड़कर नष्ट हो जायगा। भारत! क्षत्रियोंका यह विनाश दुर्योधनके अपराधसे तथा भीमसेन और अर्जुनके पराक्रमद्वारा सम्पन्न होगा

Transliteration

tvām ekaṁ kāraṇaṁ kṛtvā kālena bharatarṣabha | sametaṁ pārthiva-kṣatraṁ kṣayaṁ yāsyati bhārata | duryodhanāparādhena bhīmārjuna-balena ca ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ— ହେ ଭରତଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! କେବଳ ତୁମକୁ ନିମିତ୍ତ କରି, ଯଥାକାଳେ ସମବେତ ରାଜା ଓ କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟସମୂହ ବିନାଶକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହେବ। ହେ ଭାରତବଂଶଜ! ଏହି କ୍ଷତ୍ରିୟନାଶ ଦୁର୍ଯ୍ୟୋଧନଙ୍କ ଅପରାଧରୁ ଏବଂ ଭୀମ-ଅର୍ଜୁନଙ୍କ ବଳପରାକ୍ରମରୁ ସଂପନ୍ନ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one, sole
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कारणम्: cause, instrument, occasion
• कारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), —, —

• कालेन: by time; in due course
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समेतम्: assembled, gathered together
• समेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थिव: royal, of kings
• पार्थिव: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षत्रम्: the Kshatriya host; warrior class
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction, ruin
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यास्यति: will go; will come to
• यास्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्योधनापराधेन: through Duryodhana's offense
• दुर्योधनापराधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन-अपराध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भीमार्जुनबलेन: by the strength of Bhima and Arjuna
• भीमार्जुनबलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम-अर्जुन-बल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed descendant of Bharata)
• Bhārata (addressed descendant of Bharata)
• Duryodhana
• Bhima
• Arjuna
• Kshatriyas
• assembled kings (pārthivāḥ)