Shloka 67

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तथार्हतस्ततत्ष त्वं दृष्टि स्वां प्रतिमुड्चसि । मत्यक्षप्रतिघाताय स्वपक्षोद्भावनाय च,आप मेरे पक्षकी पराजय और अपने पक्षकी विजयके लिये इन माननीय सभासदोंपर भी बारंबार अपनी दृष्टि फेंक रही हैं

Transliteration

tathārhatastataḥ tvaṃ dṛṣṭiṃ svāṃ pratimucyasi | matyakṣa-pratighātāya svapakṣodbhāvanāya ca ||

Translation

阇那迦说道：“因此，正如其所当为，你一再投来自己的目光——意在击倒我的立场，并扶持（并确保）你这一方的胜利。”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अर्हतः: of the worthy/deserving (one)
• अर्हतः: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्हत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• दृष्टिम्: glance, look
• दृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वाम्: your own
• स्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिमुञ्चसि: you cast/throw (a look) towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-मुच्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मत्यक्ष-प्रतिघाताय: for the repulse/defeat of my side
• मत्यक्ष-प्रतिघाताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्यक्षप्रतिघात
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• स्वपक्ष-उद्भावनाय: for the promotion/raising of your own side
• स्वपक्ष-उद्भावनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपक्षोद्भावन
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

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

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical tension in debate: the impulse to defeat an opponent and secure victory for one’s own side. It implicitly invites reflection on whether the aim should be mere triumph or the establishment of truth aligned with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janaka addresses his interlocutor in a formal setting (a learned assembly implied by the context), observing that the other person keeps looking around and pressing the discussion with the intention of refuting Janaka’s position and strengthening their own argument.