Shloka 9
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
Devanagari script
विरोचन उवाच प्राजापत्यास्तु वै श्रेष्ठा वयं केशिनि सत्तमा: । अस्माकं खल्विमे लोका: के देवा: के द्विजातय:,विरोचनने कहा--केशिनी! हम प्रजापतिकी श्रेष्ठ संतानें हैं, अतः सबसे उत्तम हैं। यह सारा संसार हमलोगोंका ही है। हमारे सामने देवता क्या हैं? और ब्राह्मण कौन चीज हैं?
Translation
Virocana disse: “Ó Keśinī! Somos a mais excelsa descendência de Prajāpati; por isso somos os melhores. Estes mundos são, de fato, nossos. Que são os deuses diante de nós? E que são os ‘duas-vezes-nascidos’, os brâmanes?”
Word by Word
virocanaḥVirocana
virocanaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootvirocana
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
TypeVerb
Rootvac
FormPerfect, 3, Singular
prājāpatyāḥdescended from Prajāpati / belonging to Prajāpati
prājāpatyāḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootprājāpatya
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
tubut/indeed
tu:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu
vaiindeed/verily
vai:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai
śreṣṭhāḥbest, foremost
śreṣṭhāḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootśreṣṭha
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
vayamwe
vayam:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
keśiniO Keśinī
keśini:
TypeNoun
Rootkeśinī
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
sattamāḥmost excellent
sattamāḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootsattama
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
asmākamof us / our
asmākam:
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
khaluindeed, surely
khalu:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkhalu
imethese
ime:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootidam
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
lokāḥworlds/realms
lokāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootloka
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
kewho?/what sort of?
ke:
TypePronoun
Rootkim
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
devāḥgods
devāḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootdeva
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
kewho?/what sort of?
ke:
TypePronoun
Rootkim
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
dvijātayaḥtwice-born (Brahmins etc.)
dvijātayaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootdvijāti
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
विरोचन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes