Shloka 78

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधनादींसस्‍्तान्‌ धार्तराष्ट्रानू महायशा: । तेनैव क्रमयोगेन जिज्ञासु: पर्यपृच्छत

Transliteration

tato duryodhanādīṁs tān dhārtarāṣṭrān mahāyaśāḥ | tenaiva kramayogena jijñāsuḥ paryapṛcchat tad-anantaram ||

Translation

随后，那位声名显赫的师长又按同样的次序召来都利约陀那等持国之子。为试其才，他以同样的方式发问。此段昭示：教导与考核当一视同仁，纵然弟子性情各异，日后在达摩之道上的抉择亦将分歧。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• दुर्योधन-आदीन्: Duryodhana and others
• दुर्योधन-आदीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• महायशाः: the greatly renowned (one)
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तेन: by that, with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: indeclinable

• क्रम-योगेन: by the method of sequence, in due order
• क्रम-योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रमयोग
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• जिज्ञासुः: desirous to know, inquisitive
• जिज्ञासुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जिज्ञासु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पर्यपृच्छत्: asked (them) thoroughly
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)
• Ācārya (the teacher, i.e., Droṇa in context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A teacher’s duty is to assess students consistently and without favoritism; the same standards are applied to all, even when their later ethical choices differ.

What is happening in the narrative?

After examining the earlier group in a set order, the teacher next calls Duryodhana and the other Kaurava princes and questions them in the same sequence to test their abilities and dispositions.