Shloka 9

Kuntī’s Consolation to Draupadī and Lament for the Dispossessed Pandavas (सभा पर्व, अध्याय 70)

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरं च ते सर्वे समुदैक्षन्त पार्थिवा: । कि नु वक्ष्यति धर्मज्ञ इति साचीकृतानना:,फिर वे सब नरेश मुँह घुमाकर राजा युधिष्ठिरकी ओर इस आशासे देखने लगे कि देखें, ये धर्मज्ञ पाण्डुकुमार क्या कहते हैं?

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhiraṃ ca te sarve samudaikṣanta pārthivāḥ | ki nu vakṣyati dharmajña iti sācīkṛtānanāḥ ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਰਾਜੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਮੋੜ ਕੇ ਰਾਜਾ ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਵੱਲ ਤੱਕਣ ਲੱਗੇ—“ਇਹ ਧਰਮ-ਜਾਣੂ ਹੁਣ ਕੀ ਕਹੇਗਾ?”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समुदैक्षन्त: looked at / gazed upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिवाः: kings
• पार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नु: indeed / I wonder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• वक्ष्यति: will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मज्ञः: the knower of dharma
• धर्मज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• साची-कृत-आननाः: having faces turned aside (askance)
• साची-कृत-आननाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साची-कृत-आनन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पार्थिवाः (the assembled kings)