Shloka 16

Adhyāya 52 (Sabhā-parva): Vidura Invites Yudhiṣṭhira to Hastināpura for the Dice Match

Devanagari script

शौण्डिका: कुकुराश्चैव शकाश्नैव विशाम्पते । अज्ज वज्जश्न पुण्ड्राश्न शाणवत्या गयास्तथा

Transliteration

śauṇḍikāḥ kukurāś caiva śakāś caiva viśāmpate | ajjavajjaśna-puṇḍrāśna śāṇavatyā gayās tathā ||

Translation

దుర్యోధనుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ ప్రజాధిపతీ! శౌండికులు, కుకురులు, శకులు; అలాగే అజ్జ–వజ్జశ్నులు, పుండ్రాశ్నులు, శాణవత్యులు, గయులు కూడా ఉన్నారు.

Word by Word

• शौण्डिकाः: wine-sellers / liquor-dealers
• शौण्डिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौण्डिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुकुराः: Kukuras (a people/tribe)
• कुकुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुकुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शकाः: Śakas (Scythians; a people/tribe)
• शकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (O king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अज्ज: Ajjas (a people/tribe; reading uncertain)
• अज्ज: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वज्जश्न: Vajjaśnas (a people/tribe; reading uncertain)
• वज्जश्न: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्जश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुण्ड्राश्न: Puṇḍrāśnas (a people/tribe; reading uncertain)
• पुण्ड्राश्न: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्ड्राश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शाणवत्याः: Śāṇavatyas (women/people of Śāṇavatī; reading uncertain)
• शाणवत्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाणवती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गयाः: Gayas (people of Gayā / Gayas; reading uncertain)
• गयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so / likewise / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Śauṇḍikāḥ
• Kukurāḥ
• Śakāḥ
• Ajja–Vajjaśna
• Puṇḍrāśna
• Śāṇavatyāḥ
• Gayāḥ