Shloka 3

Devanagari script

॥! _ 8 ५) 0 ५. 735 १ 0 5 २५ [७-7 865 न सन्तीमे धार्तराष्ट्रा येषां त्वमनुशासिता । भविष्यमर्थमाख्यासि सर्वदा कृत्यमात्मन:

Transliteration

na santīme dhārtarāṣṭrā yeṣāṃ tvam anuśāsitā | bhaviṣyam artham ākhyāsi sarvadā kṛtyam ātmanaḥ ||

Translation

جن پر آپ کی حکمرانی ہے وہ گویا دھارتراشٹر کے بیٹے ہی نہیں رہے—آپ کے قابو نے انہیں پوری طرح جکڑ رکھا ہے۔ اور جو کام ابھی کرنا چاہیے، آپ اسے ہمیشہ مستقبل پر ٹالتے رہتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• santi: are / exist
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 3, plural, Parasmaipada

• ime: these
• ime: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• dhartarashtra: the sons/party of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• dhartarashtra: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārtarāṣṭra
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• yesham: of whom / whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yusmad
• Form: nominative, singular

• anushasita: instructed/ruled (as one who has instructed/controlled)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-śās
• Form: past passive participle (kta), masculine, nominative, singular

• bhavishyam: the future
• bhavishyam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaviṣya
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• artham: purpose/matter
• artham: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• akhyasi: you tell / you declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-khyā
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• sarvada: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā

• krityam: what ought to be done / duty
• krityam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• atmanah: of yourself
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied via dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ)