Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

नानादेशसमुत्थैश्ष नानाजातिभिरेव च

Transliteration

nānādeśasamutthaiś ca nānājātibhir eva ca

Translation

ที่นั่นมีผู้คนจากนานาประเทศ และสังกัดนานาหมู่ชนมาชุมนุมอยู่

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना
• Form: indeclinable (used adverbially/attributively)

• देश-समुत्थैः: by/with those arisen from (different) countries
• देश-समुत्थैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देशसमुत्थ
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental plural

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना
• Form: indeclinable (used adverbially/attributively)

• जातिभिः: by/with (different) peoples/tribes/castes
• जातिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: feminine, instrumental plural

• एव: indeed, just, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how actions and words in a public, diverse assembly carry amplified ethical and political consequences: reputation, legitimacy, and justice are judged before a broad audience, making restraint and righteousness especially important.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana is describing the composition of the gathering—people from many regions and communities—emphasizing the scale and public nature of the courtly scene in which major decisions and humiliations are witnessed.