Shloka 59

Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration

Devanagari script

न वाच्यो व्यवसायो मे विदुरैतद्‌ ब्रवीमि ते । दैवमेव परं मन्ये येनैतदुपपद्यते

Transliteration

na vācyo vyavasāyo me vidura etad bravīmi te | daivam eva paraṃ manye yenaitad upapadyate ||

Translation

Vua Dhṛtarāṣṭra nói: “Vidura, quyết ý của ta không phải điều để đem ra nói—ta nói với ngươi như vậy. Ta chỉ xem số mệnh là tối thượng, nhờ đó mọi việc này mới thành.”

Word by Word

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

• वाच्यः: to be spoken / expressible
• वाच्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाच्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यवसायः: resolve, determination, intention
• व्यवसायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवसाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विदुर: O Vidura
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रवीमि: I say / I tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• दैवम्: fate, destiny, divine dispensation
• दैवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think / I consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Atmanepada

• येन: by which / whereby
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपपद्यते: is possible, comes about, is accounted for
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप√पद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vidura
• Daiva (fate/destiny)