Shloka 10

धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa

Devanagari script

दैवमेव परं मन्ये नन्वनर्थ हि पौरुषम्‌ | अश्मसारमयं नून॑ हृदयं सुदृढे मम

Transliteration

daivam eva paraṁ manye nanv anartha hi pauruṣam | aśmasāramayaṁ nūnaṁ hṛdayaṁ sudṛḍhe mama ||

Translation

Wika ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “Ngayon ay tanging tadhana ang itinuturing kong pinakamakapangyarihan; sapagkat ang pagsisikap ng tao’y wari’y tunay na walang saysay. Tila ang puso ko’y yari sa ubod ng bato—matigas at di matinag—dahil natiis ko at nanatili pa rin sa gitna ng kapahamakan na ito.”

Word by Word

• दैवम्: fate, divine dispensation
• दैवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think, I consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• ननु: indeed, surely (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ननु

• अनर्थः: harm, misfortune, futility
• अनर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: for, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पौरुषम्: human effort, manly exertion
• पौरुषम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अश्मसारमयम्: made of stone/adamantine essence
• अश्मसारमयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्मसारमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नूनम्: surely, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सुदृढे: in (something) very firm/strong
• सुदृढे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदृढ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Daiva (fate/divine ordination)