Shloka 26

अक्षदेवन-प्रवर्तनम् | Commencement of the Dice Game

Devanagari script

एवं दृष्टवा नाभिविन्दामि शर्म समीक्षमाणो<पि कुरुप्रवीर । तेनाहमेवं कृशतां गतश्न विवर्णतां चैव सशोकतां च

Transliteration

evaṁ dṛṣṭvā nābhivindāmi śarma samīkṣamāṇo ’pi kurupravīra | tenāham evaṁ kṛśatāṁ gataś ca vivarṇatāṁ caiva saśokatāṁ ca ||

Translation

杜尤陀那说：“库鲁的勇士啊，见此情形，即便细细思量，我也寻不得安宁。因此我竟至消瘦憔悴，面色与光彩尽失，并被忧愁所吞没。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, having seen

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

• अभिविन्दामि: I find/obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-विद्
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, 1, singular

• शर्म: peace, comfort, relief
• शर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• समीक्षमाणः: examining, considering
• समीक्षमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

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

• कुरुप्रवीर: O foremost hero among the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-प्रवीर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तेन: therefore, by that (reason)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: nominative, singular, common

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• कृशताम्: emaciation, weakness
• कृशताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृशता
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• गतः: gone to, fallen into
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular

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

• विवर्णताम्: paleness, loss of complexion
• विवर्णताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर्णता
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

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

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

• सशोकताम्: state of sorrow, grief-stricken condition
• सशोकताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-शोकता
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

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

• कुरुप्रवीर: O foremost hero among the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-प्रवीर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Kurupravīra (addressed Kuru hero, unspecified)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked envy and fixation on others’ success destroys inner peace: even careful reflection cannot soothe a mind ruled by jealousy, leading to physical and emotional deterioration.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sabha Parva context, Duryodhana reacts to what he has witnessed in the royal assembly—others’ rising fortune and honor—and confesses that it has robbed him of peace, making him pale, weak, and grief-stricken.