Shloka 12

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

ते तु सम्मानिता राजंस्त्वया कार्यहितार्थिना | प्रवक्ष्यन्ति हित॑ं तात सर्वथा तव भारत

Transliteration

te tu sammānitā rājan tvayā kāryahitārthinā | pravakṣyanti hitaṃ tāta sarvathā tava bhārata ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“大王啊——亲爱的孩子，婆罗多的后裔啊——既然你怀着求取利益与应行之事的心意而礼敬他们，他们必将从各方面只说真正有益于你福祉的话。”

Word by Word

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

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सम्मानिताः: honored
• सम्मानिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मानित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्य: welfare/benefit (to be done)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हित: good, benefit
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थिना: desiring, seeking
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रवक्ष्यन्ति: they will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• हितम्: what is beneficial
• हितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तात: O dear one/son
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वथा: in every way, entirely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king addressed)
• Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Respect shown with a sincere intention for the common good invites truthful, welfare-oriented counsel; honoring wise people encourages them to speak what is beneficial rather than what is merely pleasing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reassures the addressed king that those whom he has respectfully received—seeking what is right and beneficial—will respond by offering advice aimed wholly at the king’s welfare.