SanskritIASTMeaning
मध्यस्थः सततं भीष्मः द्रोणपुत्रः मयि स्थितःmadhyasthaḥ satataṃ bhīṣmaḥ droṇaputraḥ mayi sthitaḥ'Bhishma is always impartial; the son of Drona (Ashvatthaman) stands with me;
यतः पुत्रः ततः द्रोणः भविता न अत्र सांशयःyataḥ putraḥ tataḥ droṇaḥ bhavitā na atra sāṃśayaḥwherever the son is, there Drona will be -- there is no doubt in this;
कृपः शारद्वतः च एव यतः एते त्रयः ततःkṛpaḥ śāradvataḥ ca eva yataḥ ete trayaḥ tataḥand Kripa, son of Sharadvat, will be wherever these three are;
द्रोणं च भागिनेयं च न सः त्यक्ष्यति कर्हि चित्droṇaṃ ca bhāgineyaṃ ca na saḥ tyakṣyati karhi citDrona and his nephew (Ashvatthaman) he will never abandon;
क्षत्ता अर्थबद्धः तु अस्माकं प्रच्छन्नं तु यतः परेkṣattā arthabaddhaḥ tu asmākaṃ pracchannaṃ tu yataḥ pareKshattar (Vidura) is bound to us by material ties, though secretly he is with them (the Pandavas);
न च एकः सः समर्थः अस्मान् पाण्डवार्थे प्रबाधितुम्na ca ekaḥ saḥ samarthaḥ asmān pāṇḍavārthe prabādhitumand alone he is not able to harm us for the sake of the Pandavas;
सः विश्रब्धः पाण्डुपुत्रान् सह मात्रा विवासयsaḥ viśrabdhaḥ pāṇḍuputrān saha mātrā vivāsayatherefore confidently banish the sons of Pandu together with their mother
वारणावतम् अद्य एव न अत्र दोषः भविष्यतिvāraṇāvatam adya eva na atra doṣaḥ bhaviṣyatito Varanavata this very day; there will be no wrong in it;
विनिद्रकरणं घोरं हृदि शल्यम् इव अर्पितम्vinidrakaraṇaṃ ghoraṃ hṛdi śalyam iva arpitamthe sleep-robbing, terrible [grief], like a dart lodged in the heart --
शोकपावकम् उद्भूतं कर्मणा एतेन नाशयśokapāvakam udbhūtaṃ karmaṇā etena nāśayaextinguish the fire of sorrow that has arisen [in me] with this very act'
दुर्योधनduryodhanaoriginal form "duryodhana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भीष्मोbhīṣmooriginal form "bhīṣmo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्रोणपुत्रोdroṇaputrooriginal form "droṇaputro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्रस्putrasoriginal form "putras", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्रोणोdroṇooriginal form "droṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नात्रnātraoriginal form "nātra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शारद्वतश्śāradvataśoriginal form "śāradvataś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैवcaivaoriginal form "caiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यतyataoriginal form "yata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रयस्trayasoriginal form "trayas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्षत्तार्थबद्धस्kṣattārthabaddhasoriginal form "kṣattārthabaddhas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चैकःcaikaḥoriginal form "caikaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समर्थोsamarthooriginal form "samartho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽस्मान्'smānoriginal form "'smān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सsaoriginal form "sa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अद्यैवadyaivaoriginal form "adyaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नात्रnātraoriginal form "nātra", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दोषोdoṣooriginal form "doṣo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवार्पितम्ivārpitamoriginal form "ivārpitam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कर्मणैतेनkarmaṇaitenaoriginal form "karmaṇaitena", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here Duryodhana completes the seduction, calculating how each righteous voice has been neutralized. His cold-blooded reckoning is significant: Bhishma will stay silent, Drona will follow his son, Kripa will follow Drona, and Vidura, though righteous, is bound by his stipend and alone. Here we see how evil triumphs by isolating the one incorruptible voice: Vidura will remain true to dharma but rendered powerless. It is significant how precisely Duryodhana knows each one's weakness -- Drona's attachment to his son, Vidura's dependence: cunning knows how to read hearts and exploit their frailties. Significant, too, is the final touch: he calls the banishment of his cousins a 'remedy' for his own sorrow-envy -- evil seeks relief not in mending the heart but in the ruin of the one it hates. Thus the scripture reveals the full ripening of the scheme: the father's conscience is suppressed, the righteous are judged safe, and the road to the house of lac at Varanavata lies open.