Shloka 6

Dyūta-āhvāna: Śakuni’s Proposal, Vidura’s Warning, and the Summons of Yudhiṣṭhira

Sabhā-parva 51

Devanagari script

त्रिखर्व बलिमादाय द्वारि तिष्ठन्ति वारिता: । ब्रह्मणा वाटधानाश्न गोमन्त: शतसड्घश:

Transliteration

trikharva balim ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ | brahmaṇā vāṭadhānāś ca gomantaḥ śataśaḍghaśaḥ ||

Translation

دُریودھن نے کہا— تین کھروَ کی مالیت کا خراج لیے وہ دروازے پر ہی روکے کھڑے ہیں؛ اندر جانے کی اجازت نہیں۔ برہمن اور خوشحال گھرانے—سرسبز کھیتوں اور کثیر مویشیوں والے—سینکڑوں جتھوں میں سونے کے گھڑے وغیرہ لائے، مگر باہر ہی رہ گئے۔

Word by Word

• त्रिखर्वम्: three kharvas (a huge number/amount)
• त्रिखर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिखर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलिम्: tribute, offering
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• द्वारि: at the door
• द्वारि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठन्ति: they stand
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वारिताः: prevented, held back
• वारिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्मणा: by sacred power / by Brahman (priestly authority)
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाटधानाश्नाः: eating vātadhāna (parched grain/peas)
• वाटधानाश्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाटधानाश्न
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गोमन्तः: possessing cows/cattle-rich
• गोमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतसङ्घशः: in hundreds of groups
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतसङ्घशस्
• Form: adverbial (शस्)

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Brahmins
• Vaiśyas (implied by gomantaḥ/vāṭadhānāḥ and the Hindi gloss)
• Śūdras (in the Hindi gloss)
• gate/door (dvāra)
• tribute/offerings (bali)
• golden jars/pots (implied by the Hindi gloss: suvarṇa-kalaśa)