Shloka 48

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

त्वत्कृते दुष्टभावस्य संत्यागो विदुरस्य च । जातुषे च गृहे दाहं समर तं पुरुषो भव

Transliteration

tvatkṛte duṣṭabhāvasya saṃtyāgo vidurasya ca | jātūṣe ca gṛhe dāhaṃ smara taṃ puruṣo bhava ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“为你之故，我舍弃了维杜罗——其心与我等相背。记住那蜡宫焚烧之事；从今往后——要做个男子汉。”

Word by Word

• त्वत्कृते: for your sake
• त्वत्कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वत् + कृत (कृ)
• Form: Avyaya (locative-absolute sense: 'for your sake')

• दुष्टभावस्य: of the wicked disposition
• दुष्टभावस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्टभाव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संत्यागः: abandonment/renunciation
• संत्यागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संत्याग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विदुरस्य: of Vidura
• विदुरस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• जातुषे: in the lac (house)
• जातुषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातु (लाक्षा/जतु)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दाहम्: burning/conflagration
• दाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्मर: remember
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: that (event)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषः: a man
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भव: be/become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vidura
• Jātugṛha (house of lac)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse shows how political loyalty and wounded pride can override ethical counsel: recalling past violence (the lac-house plot) is used to justify hardening one’s stance and rejecting a voice of dharmic prudence (Vidura).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war tensions, Sañjaya reports a statement that the speaker had cast off Vidura’s advice and urges the addressee to remember the lac-house burning episode and act with aggressive resolve.