Shloka 12

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ७७: पुरुषकार–दैवसंयोगः तथा दुष्टमन्त्रपरामर्शस्य राजनैतिक-परिणामः

Human Effort, Contingency, and the Political Effects of Corrupt Counsel

Devanagari script

येन धर्मसुते दृष्टा न सा श्रीरुपमर्षिता । यच्चाप्यपश्यतोपायं धर्मिष्ठ मधुसूदन

Transliteration

yena dharmasute dṛṣṭā na sā śrīr upamarṣitā | yac cāpy apaśyato pāyaṃ dharmiṣṭha madhusūdana ||

Translation

Arjuna nói: “Khi phú quý và vương vận ấy hiện nơi Dharmasuta (Yudhiṣṭhira), kẻ ganh ghét đã không thể chịu đựng. Và ngay cả khi hắn không thấy một phương kế nào, hỡi Madhusūdana, bậc chí công chí nghĩa—”

Word by Word

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

• धर्मसुते: in/with the son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मसुते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मसुत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दृष्टा: seen; having been seen
• दृष्टा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सा: that (she)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीः: fortune/splendor (Śrī)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उपमर्षिता: endured/borne; submitted to
• उपमर्षिता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-मृश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which; what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अपश्यतः: of (him) not seeing; while not seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: अ-पश्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उपायम्: means/expedient
• उपायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मिष्ठ: most righteous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Dharmasuta (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Śrī (prosperity/royal fortune)