संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
श्रुतवान् असिśrutavān asiyou have heard; it is known to you
वैvaiindeed
राज्ञःrājñaḥof kings
महोत्साहान्mahā-utsāhānfull of great energy; vigorous
महाबलान्mahā-balānmighty
द्वैपायनस्यdvaipāyanasyaof Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
वदतःvadataḥspeaking; from the lips of
नारदस्यnāradasyaof Narada
चcaand
धीमतःdhīmataḥwise
महत्सु राजवंशेषुmahatsu rāja-vaṃśeṣuin great royal lines
गुणैः समुदितेषुguṇaiḥ samuditeṣuendowed with virtues
चcaand
जातान्jātānborn
दिव्यास्त्रविदुषःdivya-astra-viduṣaḥknowers of divine weapons
शक्रप्रतिमतेजसःśakra-pratima-tejasaḥradiant as Shakra (Indra)
धर्मेणdharmeṇaby dharma; righteously
पृथिवीम्pṛthivīmthe earth
जित्वाjitvāhaving conquered
यज्ञैःyajñaiḥwith sacrifices
इष्ट्वाiṣṭvāhaving performed (sacrifices)
आप्तदक्षिणैःāpta-dakṣiṇaiḥwith abundant gifts (dakshina)
अस्मिन् लोकेasmin lokein this world
यशःyaśaḥfame
प्राप्यprāpyahaving obtained
ततःtataḥthen; in the end
कालवशम्kāla-vaśaminto the power of time; under the sway of death
गताःgatāḥwent; passed away
राज्ञोrājñooriginal form «rājño», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
महोत्साहान्mahotsāhānoriginal form «mahotsāhān», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
महाबलान्mahābalānoriginal form «mahābalān», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
वदतोvadatooriginal form «vadato», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
राजवंशेषुrājavaṃśeṣuoriginal form «rājavaṃśeṣu», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
दिव्यास्त्रविदुषःdivyāstraviduṣaḥoriginal form «divyāstraviduṣaḥ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
शक्रप्रतिमतेजसःśakrapratimatejasaḥoriginal form «śakrapratimatejasaḥ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
पृथिवींpṛthivīṃoriginal form «pṛthivīṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
यज्ञैर्yajñairoriginal form «yajñair», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
इष्ट्वाप्तदक्षिणैःiṣṭvāptadakṣiṇaiḥoriginal form «iṣṭvāptadakṣiṇaiḥ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
अस्मिंल्asmiṃloriginal form «asmiṃl», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
कालवशंkālavaśaṃoriginal form «kālavaśaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
Sanjaya consoles the king with the ancient truth of impermanence: even the greatest sovereigns — mighty, virtuous, wielders of divine weapons, radiant as Indra, righteous conquerors of the earth who performed great sacrifices — all of them ‘passed under the sway of time,’ that is, died. No worldly possession, no fame, not even righteous merit saves one from death. This is the teaching of vairagya: having recognized the transience of all that is temporal, the soul must turn toward the imperishable — toward the Lord, the only one beyond time. As the Gita (2.18) says, ‘these bodies are perishable’; wisdom lies in seeking the Eternal amid the transient. Thus Sanjaya gently turns Dhritarashtra's grief toward higher reflection.