Shloka 27

Devanagari script

न शक्‍्यन्ते हास्य गुणा: प्रसंख्यातुं नरेश्वर । एष धर्मपरो नित्यमानृशंसश्न पाण्डव:

Transliteration

na śakyante hāsya guṇāḥ prasaṅkhyātuṃ nareśvara | eṣa dharmaparo nityam ānṛśaṃsaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ ||

Translation

నరేశ్వరా! ఇతని గుణాలను లెక్కించుట సాధ్యం కాదు. ఈ పాండవుడు నిత్యం ధర్మపరుడు, స్వభావతః దయామయుడు.

Word by Word

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

• शक्यन्ते: are able / can be (done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Karmani, 3, Plural

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• अस्य: of him / of this one
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गुणाः: qualities, virtues
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रसंख्यातुम्: to enumerate, to count
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सम्-ख्या
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म-परः: devoted to dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• आनृशंसः: compassionate, non-cruel
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनृशंस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍu
• nareśvara (the addressed king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True kingship is grounded in dharma and compassion; moral excellence, not mere power or circumstance, establishes one’s worthiness for royal authority.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a king and extols Yudhiṣṭhira’s immeasurable virtues—his steadfast commitment to dharma and humane compassion—arguing that such a ruler deserves the royal seat.