Shloka 7

धृतराष्ट्रस्य वंशोपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Dynastic Counsel on Legitimate Rule

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वा: प्रजास्तात धृतराष्ट्रं जनेश्वरम्‌ । अन्वपद्यन्त विधिवद्‌ यथा पाण्डुं जनाधिपम्‌,“तात! तदनन्तर सारी प्रजा जैसे राजा पाण्डुके अनुगत रहती थी, उसी प्रकार विधिपूर्वक राजा धृतराष्ट्रके अधीन रहने लगी

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvāḥ prajāstā́ta dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ janeśvaram | anvapadyanta vidhivad yathā pāṇḍuṁ janādhipam ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ, ਹੇ ਤਾਤ, ਸਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਵਿਧੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਧ੍ਰਿਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਹੋ ਗਈ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਲੋਕਾਧਿਪ ਪਾਂਡੂ ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਰਹਿੰਦੀ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: adverb

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्रजाः: subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• तात: O dear (father/son), O dear one
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• जन-ईश्वरम्: lord of the people
• जन-ईश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेश्वर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अन्वपद्यन्त: followed, went after, became subject to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + पद्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), third, plural, parasmaipada

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्
• Form: adverb

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: conjunction/adverb

• पाण्डुम्: Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• जन-अधिपम्: ruler of the people
• जन-अधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍu
• prajāḥ (the subjects/people)