Shloka 4

मायासभायां दुर्योधनस्य अवमान-प्रसङ्गः

Duryodhana’s Humiliation in the Hall of Māyā

Devanagari script

एष ते नृपते पुत्र: श्रीमान्‌ जातो बलाधिक: । तस्मादस्मान्न भेतव्यमव्यग्र: पाहि वै शिशुम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa te nṛpate putraḥ śrīmān jāto balādhikaḥ | tasmād asmān na bhetavyam avyagraḥ pāhi vai śiśum ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—اے راجا! تمہارا یہ بیٹا دولت و سعادت سے آراستہ اور بے پناہ قوت والا پیدا ہوا ہے۔ اس لیے ہماری وجہ سے خوف نہ کرو؛ بے فکری سے رہو اور اس بچے کی پرورش اور حفاظت کرو۔

Word by Word

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

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• नृपते: O king
• नृपते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: prosperous, endowed with splendor
• श्रीमान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born
• जातः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलाधिकः: superior in strength, very strong
• बलाधिकः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलाधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

• अस्मान्: from us (as the source of fear)
• अस्मान्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Plural

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

• भेतव्यम्: should be feared / one should fear
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, impersonal obligation

• अव्यग्रः: unagitated, calm
• अव्यग्रः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाहि: protect, take care of
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने)
• Form: Lot (Imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• शिशुम्: the infant/child
• शिशुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• nṛpati (the king addressed)
• putra (the newborn son/child)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should not be driven by fear or agitation; when auspicious strength and fortune are present, he should remain composed and fulfill his duty of protection and nurturing—especially toward a vulnerable child.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma reassures a king about the king’s newborn son, praising the child’s auspicious qualities and strength, and urges the king to set aside anxiety and responsibly protect and raise the infant.