Shloka 10

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

Envoy-Ethics Debate

Devanagari script

अर्थन तु महाबाहुं वाष्णेयं त्वं जिहीर्षसि । अनेन चाप्युपायेन पाण्डवेभ्यो बिभेत्स्यसि,आप तो धन देकर महाबाहु श्रीकृष्णको अपने पक्षमें लाना चाहते हैं और इस उपायसे आप यह आशा रखते हैं कि आप उन्हें पाण्डवोंकी ओरसे फोड़ लेंगे

Transliteration

arthena tu mahābāhuṁ vāṣṇeyaṁ tvaṁ jihīrṣasi | anena cāpy upāyena pāṇḍavebhyo bibhetsyasi ||

Translation

ଧନ ଦ୍ୱାରା ତୁମେ ମହାବାହୁ ବୃଷ୍ଣେୟ ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଙ୍କୁ ନିଜ ପକ୍ଷକୁ ଆକର୍ଷିତ କରିବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁଛ; ଏହି ଉପାୟରେ ତୁମେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ପାଣ୍ଡବମାନଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗି ଦେବାର ଆଶା ରଖୁଛ।

Word by Word

• अर्थात्: therefore / in fact
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्थात्
• Form: Avyaya

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya

• महाबाहुम्: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वाष्णेयम्: the Vṛṣṇi-descendant (Kṛṣṇa)
• वाष्णेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिहीर्षसि: you wish to take away / win over
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (√हृ, हरति)
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Avyaya

• उपायेन: by a means / strategy
• उपायेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवेभ्यः: from the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• बिभेत्स्यसि: you will fear
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (√भी, बिभेति)
• Form: Future, Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Kṛṣṇa (Vāṣṇeya)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Mahābāhu (addressed person, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Duryodhana depending on context)