Shloka 17

सहदेव–सात्यकि संवादः

Sahadeva and Satyaki on resolve after failed conciliation

Devanagari script

ते चैनमनुनेष्यन्ति धृतराष्ट्र जनाधिपम्‌ | त॑ च पापसमाचारं सहामात्यं सुयोधनम्‌,ये लोग राजा धूृतराष्ट्र तथा मन्त्रियोंसहित पापाचारी दुर्योधनको (समझा-बुझाकर) राहपर लायँगे

Transliteration

te cainam anuneṣyanti dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam | taṃ ca pāpasamācāraṃ sahāmātyaṃ suyodhanam ||

Translation

وہ لوگوں کے سردار بادشاہ دھرتراشٹر کو سمجھا بجھا کر راہِ راست پر لے آئیں گے؛ اور گناہ آلود روش والے سُیودھن کو بھی اس کے وزیروں سمیت ملامت کر کے روکیں گے۔

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुनेष्यन्ति: will persuade/lead (back) after (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-नी
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनाधिपम्: lord of men, king
• जनाधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (one/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पापसमाचारम्: one of wicked conduct
• पापसमाचारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पापसमाचार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• अमात्यम्: minister/counsellor
• अमात्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुयोधनम्: Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• Amātyas (ministers/counselors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous counsel (nīti) should be used to restrain rulers and their advisers from sinful policy; timely persuasion can avert the slide from moral error into destructive war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nakula expresses confidence/expectation that certain people will persuade King Dhṛtarāṣṭra and also admonish Suyodhana (Duryodhana) along with his ministers, attempting to bring them back onto a righteous path.