Shloka 10

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 92: Kṛṣṇasya sabhāpraveśaḥ

Krishna’s Entry into the Royal Assembly

Devanagari script

व्यसने क्लिश्यमानं हि यो मित्र नाभिपद्यते | अनुनीय यथाशक्ति तै नृशंसं विदुर्बुधा:

Transliteration

vyasane kliśyamānaṃ hi yo mitra nābhipadyate | anunīya yathāśakti taṃ nṛśaṃsaṃ vidur budhāḥ ||

Translation

व्यसने क्लिश्यमानं हि यो मित्रं नाभिपद्यते । अनुनीय यथाशक्ति तं नृशंसं विदुर्बुधाः ॥

Word by Word

• व्यसने: in calamity/misfortune
• व्यसने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• क्लिश्यमानम्: being afflicted/suffering
• क्लिश्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लिश्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मित्रम्: friend
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभिपद्यते: approaches/comes to (help)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-पद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• अनुनीय: having conciliated/persuaded
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु-नी
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, ल्यप्)

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शक्ति: ability/power
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृशंसम्: cruel/merciless
• नृशंसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विदुः: know/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• बुधाः: the wise (men)
• बुधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

(वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana