Shloka 36

उद्योगपर्व — गान्धारी-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva — Gandhārī’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षमेतद्‌ भवतां यद्‌ वक्ष्यामि हित॑ं वच: । भवतामानुकूल्येन यदि रोचेत भारता:,“मैं तो हितकी बात बताने जा रहा हूँ। उसका आपलोगोंको भी प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव है। भरतवंशियो! यदि वह आपके अनुकूल होनेके कारण ठीक जान पड़े तो आप उसे काममें ला सकते हैं

Transliteration

pratyakṣam etad bhavatāṃ yad vakṣyāmi hitaṃ vacaḥ | bhavatām ānukūlyena yadi roceta bhāratāḥ ||

Translation

प्रत्यक्षमेतद्भवतां यद्वक्ष्यामि हितं वचः । भवतामानुकूल्येन यदि रोचेत भारताः ॥

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly evident
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवताम्: of you (all)
• भवताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall speak
• वक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हितम्: beneficial
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवताम्: of you (all)
• भवताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आनुकूल्येन: by/through (your) favorableness
• आनुकूल्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनुकूल्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• रोचेत: may please/seem good
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• भारताः: O Bharatas (descendants of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhāratāḥ (the Bhāratas/descendants of Bharata)