Shloka 22

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

तथा वर्षसहस्राणि कुन्तीपुत्रेण धीमता

Transliteration

tathā varṣasahasrāṇi kuntīputreṇa dhīmatā

Translation

于是，昆蒂那位睿智之子历经千年，忍受而不辍，持守前行——彰显了长久岁月中的坚贞与自律的毅力。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• कुन्तीपुत्रेण: by the son of Kuntī
• कुन्तीपुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धीमता: by the intelligent (one)
• धीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kuntī
• Kuntīputra (son of Kuntī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights the ethical ideal of steadfast endurance: wisdom is shown not merely in insight but in sustained discipline across long stretches of time, especially in a life oriented toward restraint and duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues the account by noting that the wise son of Kuntī persisted for an immense duration—framing the episode in terms of prolonged time and the hero’s sustained conduct in the later, renunciatory phase of life.