Shloka 9

Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris

Udyoga-parva 94

Devanagari script

ते पुत्रास्तव कौरव्य दुर्योधनपुरोगमा: । धर्मार्थी पृष्ठत: कृत्वा प्रचरन्ति नृशंसवत्‌,कुरुनन्दन! दुर्योधनादि आपके पुत्र धर्म और अर्थको पीछे करके क्रूर मनुष्योंके समान आचरण करते हैं

Transliteration

te putrās tava kauravya duryodhana-purogamāḥ | dharmārthī pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā pracaranti nṛśaṃsavat kurunandana ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «О потомок Куру, твои сыновья во главе с Дурьодханой отбросили дхарму и артху за спину и ведут себя как безжалостные люди.»

Word by Word

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

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः: having Duryodhana in front / led by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनपुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधन-पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मार्थी: one who seeks dharma (a righteous seeker)
• धर्मार्थी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृष्ठतः: behind, at the back
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतस्

• कृत्वा: having made / having put
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रचरन्ति: they behave / they act / they move about
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चर्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नृशंसवत्: like cruel (men), cruelly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नृशंसवत्

• कुरुनन्दन: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocatives kauravya/kurunandana)
• Kauravas (the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Kuru lineage