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Shloka 2

Karṇa’s advance against the Pāṇḍava host; Arjuna’s clash with the Saṃśaptakas (कर्णस्य पाण्डवसेनाप्रवेशः—अर्जुनस्य संशप्तकसंप्रहारः)

यदुक्तवान्‌ पितुर्महां मार्कण्डेयो महानृषि: । तदशेषेण ब्रुवतो मम राजर्षिसत्तम,निबोध मनसा चात्र न ते कार्या विचारणा । दुर्योधन बोला--मद्रराज! मैं पुन: आपसे जो कुछ कह रहा हूँ, उसे सुनिये। प्रभो! पूर्वकालमें देवासुर-संग्रामके अवसरपर जो घटना घटित हुई थी तथा जिसे महर्षि मार्कण्डेयने मेरे पिताजीको सुनाया था, वह सब मैं पूर्णरूपसे बता रहा हूँ। राजर्षिप्रवर! आप मन लगाकर इसे सुनिये, इसके विषयमें आपको कोई अन्यथा विचार नहीं करना चाहिये

yad uktavān pitur mahān mārkaṇḍeyo mahān ṛṣiḥ | tad aśeṣeṇa bruvato mama rājarṣi-sattama, nibodha manasā cātra na te kāryā vicāraṇā |

ทุรโยธนะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ราชฤๅษี จงฟังด้วยจิตมั่นคง เราจะเล่าโดยครบถ้วนสิ่งที่มหาฤๅษีมารกัณฑेयเคยกล่าวแก่บิดาของเรา จงฟังโดยไม่ลังเลและไม่คิดตีความเป็นอื่น”

यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
उक्तवान्said/has said
उक्तवान्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (periphrastic), Singular, Masculine, Nominative
पितुःof (my) father
पितुः:
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya
मार्कण्डेयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमार्कण्डेय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ऋषिःsage
ऋषिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अशेषेणcompletely, without remainder
अशेषेण:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअशेष
ब्रुवतःof (me) speaking / as I speak
ब्रुवतः:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormPresent participle, Singular, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive
ममof me / my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
राजर्षि-सत्तमO best of royal sages
राजर्षि-सत्तम:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootराजर्षि-सत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
निबोधunderstand; listen attentively
निबोध:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormImperative, Second, Singular
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere; in this matter
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तेto you / your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormDative/Genitive, Singular
कार्याःto be done; necessary
कार्याः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
विचारणाconsideration; doubt; deliberation
विचारणा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविचारणा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

दुर्योधन उवाच

D
Duryodhana
M
Mārkaṇḍeya
D
Duryodhana's father (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
D
Devas (gods)
A
Asuras (demons)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the persuasive use of authoritative tradition: Duryodhana urges the listener to accept a sage’s earlier testimony as decisive, emphasizing attentive hearing and discouraging doubt. Ethically, it shows how appeals to revered sources can be used to steer judgment in moments of crisis.

Duryodhana addresses a ‘best of royal sages’ (in context, the Madra king Śalya) and introduces an old account: an incident from the Deva–Asura conflict that the sage Mārkaṇḍeya once narrated to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. He signals that he will now recount it fully and asks the listener to focus and not question it.