Shloka 14

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

आहर्तु कौरवश्रेष्ठ कुले तव नृपोत्तम । दीर्घायुर्जीवति च ते धृतराष्ट्र: पिता नृप

Transliteration

āhartum kauravaśreṣṭha kule tava nṛpottama | dīrghāyur jīvati ca te dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ pitā nṛpa ||

Translation

ବୈଶମ୍ପାୟନ କହିଲେ— “କୌରବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ନୃପୋତ୍ତମ! ତାଙ୍କୁ ଏଠାକୁ ଆଣ; କାରଣ, ହେ ନୃପ, ତୁମ କୁଳରେ ତୁମ ଦୀର୍ଘାୟୁ ପିତା ଧୃତରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର ଏପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଜୀବିତ ଅଛନ୍ତି।”

Word by Word

• आहर्तु: for the bringer/collector
• आहर्तु: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहर्तृ (√हृ)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कौरवश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kauravas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दीर्घायु: long-lived
• दीर्घायु: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जीवति: lives
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

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

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru lineage (Kauravas)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of family and dynastic responsibility: a king is reminded of his living father and the obligations that arise from lineage, respect for elders, and rightful conduct within one’s house.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a Kuru king, instructing him to go and bring someone (contextually, a person to be fetched) and emphasizes that Dhṛtarāṣṭra—his father—still lives, framing the instruction within the authority and continuity of the Kuru family line.