Shloka 20

Droṇa–Drupada Saṃvāda and Droṇa’s Reception at the Kuru Court (द्रोण-द्रुपद-संवादः; कुरुनगरप्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ धर्म पुरस्कृत्य नियता त्वं शुचिस्मिते । उपचाराभिचाराभ्यां धर्ममावाहयस्व वै

Transliteration

tasmād dharma-puraskṛtya niyatā tvaṃ śuci-smite | upacārābhicārābhyāṃ dharmam āvāhayasva vai ||

Translation

“เพราะฉะนั้น นางผู้ยิ้มผ่อง จงสำรวมตน ตั้งธรรมไว้เบื้องหน้า แล้วด้วยการบูชาที่สมควรและพิธีกรรมตามแบบแผน จงอัญเชิญ ‘ธรรม’ โดยแท้เถิด”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• धर्मम्: Dharma (the deity/virtue)
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front/honoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस्-कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• नियता: restrained/controlled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• शुचि-स्मिते: O one with a pure smile
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचिस्मित
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• उपचार-अभिचाराभ्याम्: by worship and ritual procedure
• उपचार-अभिचाराभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचार + अभिचार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• धर्मम्: Dharma (the deity)
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आवाहयस्व: invoke/call (hither)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वह्
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), Ātmanepada, Second, Singular

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharma (as deity/principle)
• Kuru lineage (Kuravaḥ)