Shloka 9
Śaṅkha–Likhita Upākhyāna: Daṇḍa, Confession, and the Purification of Kingship (शङ्ख-लिखितोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
विद्यस्ते पुरुषव्याप्र वचनं कुरुसत्तम । शृणुष्वैवं यथा कुर्वन् न धर्माच्च्यवसे नूप
Transliteration
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: vidyā te puruṣavyāghra vacanaṃ kurusattama | śṛṇuṣvaivaṃ yathā kurvan na dharmāc cyavase nṛpa ||
Translation
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“噢，人中之虎，噢，俱卢之最胜者！我已明白你的心意。如今听我劝告；若依此而行，噢，国王，你将不致偏离达摩。”
Word by Word
विदितम्is known/understood
विदितम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formक्त, Neuter, Nominative, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
पुरुषव्याघ्रO tiger among men
पुरुषव्याघ्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष-व्याघ्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वचनम्speech/statement
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कुरुसत्तमO best of the Kurus
कुरुसत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु-सत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शृणुष्वhear/listen
शृणुष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
Formलोट्, परस्मैपद, Second, Singular
एवम्thus/in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
यथाas/so that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
कुर्वन्doing/acting (while doing)
कुर्वन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formशतृ, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
धर्मात्from dharma/righteousness
धर्मात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
च्यवसेyou will fall away/deviate
च्यवसे:
TypeVerb
Rootच्यु
Formलृट्, आत्मनेपद, Second, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उindeed/for emphasis
उ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaK
Kuru (dynasty/people)N
nṛpa (king, unnamed addressee)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Right action should be guided by sound counsel so that one remains aligned with dharma; ethical steadiness is presented as the standard for a ruler’s decisions.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a Kuru ruler with honorific epithets, acknowledges understanding his concern, and introduces a directive: to listen and act accordingly so as not to deviate from dharma.