Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एवं युक्तो महाराज: पाण्डव: पार्थिवर्षभ: । कथं नाहति राजाहमासनं पृथिवीपते

Transliteration

evaṁ yukto mahārājaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ pārthivarṣabhaḥ | kathaṁ nārhati rājāham āsanaṁ pṛthivīpate nareśvara ||

Translation

ข้าแต่เจ้าผู้ครองแผ่นดิน ปาณฑพผู้นี้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่กษัตริย์ เมื่อประกอบด้วยคุณธรรมเช่นนี้แล้ว จะไม่สมควรแก่ราชบัลลังก์ได้อย่างไร

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• युक्तः: endowed, possessed (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (युज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराजः: great king
• महाराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थिवर्षभः: bull among kings
• पार्थिवर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?, why?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अर्हति: is worthy, deserves
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• आसनम्: seat, throne
• आसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिवीपते: O lord of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava(s)
• Pāṇḍu
• royal seat/throne (āsana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate kingship is grounded in dharma and character: compassion, steadfast righteousness, and exemplary conduct are presented as the true qualifications for the throne, beyond mere power or circumstance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses a king and argues on ethical and political grounds that Yudhiṣṭhira—described as supremely virtuous and dharma-devoted—rightfully deserves the royal seat, framing the point as a rhetorical question.