Shloka 44

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पाण्डवेषु प्रीति-वृत्तान्तः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Affectionate Disposition toward the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

कि मे राज्येन भोगैर्वा कि यज्ञै: कि सुखेन वा । यस्य मे त्वं महीपाल दुःखान्येतान्यवाप्तवान्‌

Transliteration

ki me rājyena bhogair vā ki yajñaiḥ ki sukhena vā | yasya me tvaṁ mahīpāla duḥkhāny etāny avāptavān ||

Translation

யுதிஷ்டிரன் கூறினான்— ஓ மஹீபாலா! அரசாட்சியோ, இன்பங்களோ, யாகங்களோ, சுகமோ—இவை எனக்கு என்ன பயன்? என்னாலேயே நீங்கள் இத்துயரங்களை அடைந்தீர்கள் அல்லவா?

Word by Word

किम्what (use/need?)

मेfor me / of me

राज्येनby/with kingship, kingdom

भोगैःby/with enjoyments, pleasures

वाor

किम्what (use/need?)

यज्ञैःby/with sacrifices

किम्what (use/need?)

सुखेनby/with happiness

वाor

यस्यof whom / for whom

मेof me / my

त्वम्you

महीपालO king (protector of the earth)

दुःखानिsorrows, sufferings

एतानिthese

अवाप्तवान्has obtained / has met with

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

mahīpāla (a king addressed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes