Shloka 276

उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

निगृहा राजन्‌ पार्थेभ्यो दद्यां कि दुष्कृतं भवेत्‌ । भारत! मैं आज ही इन कौरवों तथा इनके अनुगामियोंको कैद करके यदि कुन्तीपुत्रोंके हाथमें सौंप दूँ तो क्या बुरा होगा?

Transliteration

nigṛhya rājan pārthebhyo dadyāṃ ki duṣkṛtaṃ bhavet | bhārata! mayā adyaiva ime kauravāḥ saha anugāmibhiḥ baddhvā yadi kuntīputrāṇāṃ haste samarpitāḥ syuḥ, tatra kiṃ pāpaṃ bhavet?

Translation

毗舍ṃ波耶那说道：“大王啊，若我今日便擒拿这些俱卢族（考罗婆）及其随从，将之囚禁，并交到昆蒂之子手中，又有何过？婆罗多后裔啊，此事之中又有何害、何罪？”

Word by Word

• निगृह्य: having seized/captured
• निगृह्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावार्थ

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

• पार्थेभ्यः: to the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• दद्याम्: I should give/hand over
• दद्याम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दुष्कृतम्: wrong deed/evil
• दुष्कृतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be
• भवेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhārata (address to the king, i.e., Janamejaya)
• Kauravas
• Pārthas (Pāṇḍavas)
• Kuntī (as mother of the Pāṇḍavas)