Shloka 6

Dyūta-āhvāna: Śakuni’s Proposal, Vidura’s Warning, and the Summons of Yudhiṣṭhira

Sabhā-parva 51

Devanagari script

त्रिखर्व बलिमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति वारिता: । ब्रह्मणा वाटधानाश्न गोमन्त: शतसड्घश:

Transliteration

trikharva balim ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ | brahmaṇā vāṭadhānāś ca gomantaḥ śataśaḍghaśaḥ ||

Translation

ทุรโยธนะกล่าวว่า— “พวกเขาหอบบรรณาการมูลค่าสามคัรวะ ยืนอยู่ที่ประตู ถูกกีดกันมิให้เข้าไป พราหมณ์และคฤหัสถ์ผู้มั่งคั่ง—ผู้มีไร่นาอุดมและโคมากมาย—รวมกันเป็นร้อยคณะ ถือหม้อทองคำและของถวายอื่น ๆ แต่ก็ยังคงอยู่นอกประตู”

Word by Word

• त्रिखर्वम्: three kharvas (a huge number/amount)
• त्रिखर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिखर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलिम्: tribute, offering
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• द्वारि: at the door
• द्वारि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठन्ति: they stand
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वारिताः: prevented, held back
• वारिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्मणा: by sacred power / by Brahman (priestly authority)
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाटधानाश्नाः: eating vātadhāna (parched grain/peas)
• वाटधानाश्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाटधानाश्न
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गोमन्तः: possessing cows/cattle-rich
• गोमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतसङ्घशः: in hundreds of groups
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतसङ्घशस्
• Form: adverbial (शस्)

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Brahmins
• Vaiśyas (implied by gomantaḥ/vāṭadhānāḥ and the Hindi gloss)
• Śūdras (in the Hindi gloss)
• gate/door (dvāra)
• tribute/offerings (bali)
• golden jars/pots (implied by the Hindi gloss: suvarṇa-kalaśa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous rule (dharma) naturally draws voluntary honor, wealth, and social support; the ethical contrast is highlighted by Duryodhana’s jealousy, showing how envy distorts one’s perception of another’s deserved prosperity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana describes crowds of respected people—Brahmins and prosperous cattle-owning/agricultural groups—arriving with enormous tribute for Dharmarāja, yet being stopped at the gate and unable to enter, emphasizing the scale of Yudhiṣṭhira’s fame and the pressure of visitors/offerings.