Shloka 142

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्रश्निरं ध्यात्वा संजयं वाक्यमब्रवीत्‌ । शृणु संजय सर्व मे न चासूयितुमहसि

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ śniraṃ dhyātvā sañjayaṃ vākyam abravīt | śṛṇu sañjaya sarvaṃ me na cāsūyitum arhasi ||

Translation

ధృతరాష్ట్రుడు క్షణకాలం నిశ్శబ్దంగా ఆలోచించి సంజయునితో పలికెను—“సంజయా, నా మాటలన్నిటిని వినుము; వాటిలో దోషదృష్టి గాని అసూయ గాని పెట్టకుము.”

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra (as object)
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

• ध्यात्वा: having thought/meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• संजयम्: Sañjaya (as object/addressed)
• संजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• संजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• असूयितुम्: to censure / to be envious
• असूयितुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: असूय
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• अर्हसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (लट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical speech and reception: a speaker asks for attentive listening and freedom from āsūyā (fault-finding resentment). It frames dialogue as requiring restraint, goodwill, and openness rather than suspicion or envy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra, after a moment of quiet reflection, addresses his minister Sañjaya and requests him to listen to his full statement without taking offense or responding with censorious resentment.