Shloka 5

सुरभि–इन्द्रसंवादः

Surabhi–Indra Dialogue as a Governance Exemplar

Devanagari script

एष दुर्योधन पुत्रं तव राजन्‌ महानृषि: । अनुशास्ता यथान्यायं शमायास्य कुलस्य च,महाराज! ये महर्षि ही इस कुलकी शान्तिके लिये तुम्हारे पुत्र दुर्योधनको यथायोग्य शिक्षा देंगे

Transliteration

eṣa duryodhana putraṁ tava rājan mahānṛṣiḥ | anuśāstā yathānyāyaṁ śamāyāsya kulasya ca mahārāja |

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา นี่คือฤๅษีผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ผู้จะสั่งสอนทุรโยธนะโอรสของพระองค์ตามธรรมและความเหมาะสม เพื่อความสงบสุขแห่งราชวงศ์นี้

Word by Word

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

• दुर्योधन: of Duryodhana
• दुर्योधन: Sambandha
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशास्ता: will instruct/discipline
• अनुशास्ता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-शास्
• Form: Periphrastic Future (Lुट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अन्यायम्: injustice
• अन्यायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्याय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शमाय: for peace/appeasement
• शमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• कुलस्य: of the family
• कुलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Duryodhana
• the King (addressed as rājan/mahārāja)
• a great sage (mahānṛṣiḥ)
• the Kuru lineage/family (kula)