Mahabharat

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/16

नरदेव कथं कर्म राष्ट्रे तस्य करिष्यसि विराट नृपतेः साधॊ रंस्यसे केन कर्मणा ॥ ४-१-१६ ॥

sanskrit

'O god among men, what role wilt thou assume in the kingdom of Virata? In what capacity wilt thou dwell in his city, O righteous one?' ॥ 4-1-16 ॥

english translation

naradeva kathaM karma rASTre tasya kariSyasi virATa nRpateH sAdhò raMsyase kena karmaNA ॥ 4-1-16 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/17

मृदुर वदान्यॊ हरीमांश च धार्मिकः सत्यविक्रमः राजंस तवम आपदा कलिष्टः किं करिष्यसि पाण्डव ॥ ४-१-१७ ॥

sanskrit

'Thou art gentle, charitable, modest, and steadfast in virtue and promise. But now, O king, burdened as thou art by misfortune, what task wilt thou undertake?' ॥ 4-1-17 ॥

english translation

mRdura vadAnyò harImAMza ca dhArmikaH satyavikramaH rAjaMsa tavama ApadA kaliSTaH kiM kariSyasi pANDava ॥ 4-1-17 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/18

न दुःखम उचितं किं चिद राजन वेद यथा जनः स इमाम आपदं पराप्य कथं घॊरां तरिष्यसि ॥ ४-१-१८ ॥

sanskrit

'Though born to rule, a king must learn to endure adversity like any common man. How then wilt thou face and overcome this great calamity that has befallen thee?' ॥ 4-1-18 ॥

english translation

na duHkhama ucitaM kiM cida rAjana veda yathA janaH sa imAma ApadaM parApya kathaM ghòrAM tariSyasi ॥ 4-1-18 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/19

शृणुध्वं यत करिष्यामि कर्म वै कुरुनन्दनाः विराटम अनुसंप्राप्य राजानं पुरुषर्षभम ॥ ४-१-१९ ॥

sanskrit

'Ye sons of the Kuru race, ye bulls among men, hear now what I intend to do upon presenting myself before King Virata.' ॥ 4-1-19 ॥

english translation

zRNudhvaM yata kariSyAmi karma vai kurunandanAH virATama anusaMprApya rAjAnaM puruSarSabhama ॥ 4-1-19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/20

सभास्तारॊ भविष्यामि तस्य राज्ञॊ महात्मनः कङ्कॊ नाम दविजॊ भूत्वा मताक्षः परिय देविता ॥ ४-१-२० ॥

sanskrit

'I shall assume the guise of a Brahmana, known by the name Kanka, skilled in the art of dice and fond of the game.' ॥ 4-1-20 ॥

english translation

sabhAstArò bhaviSyAmi tasya rAjJò mahAtmanaH kaGkò nAma davijò bhUtvA matAkSaH pariya devitA ॥ 4-1-20 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/16

नरदेव कथं कर्म राष्ट्रे तस्य करिष्यसि विराट नृपतेः साधॊ रंस्यसे केन कर्मणा ॥ ४-१-१६ ॥

sanskrit

'O god among men, what role wilt thou assume in the kingdom of Virata? In what capacity wilt thou dwell in his city, O righteous one?' ॥ 4-1-16 ॥

english translation

naradeva kathaM karma rASTre tasya kariSyasi virATa nRpateH sAdhò raMsyase kena karmaNA ॥ 4-1-16 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/17

मृदुर वदान्यॊ हरीमांश च धार्मिकः सत्यविक्रमः राजंस तवम आपदा कलिष्टः किं करिष्यसि पाण्डव ॥ ४-१-१७ ॥

sanskrit

'Thou art gentle, charitable, modest, and steadfast in virtue and promise. But now, O king, burdened as thou art by misfortune, what task wilt thou undertake?' ॥ 4-1-17 ॥

english translation

mRdura vadAnyò harImAMza ca dhArmikaH satyavikramaH rAjaMsa tavama ApadA kaliSTaH kiM kariSyasi pANDava ॥ 4-1-17 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/18

न दुःखम उचितं किं चिद राजन वेद यथा जनः स इमाम आपदं पराप्य कथं घॊरां तरिष्यसि ॥ ४-१-१८ ॥

sanskrit

'Though born to rule, a king must learn to endure adversity like any common man. How then wilt thou face and overcome this great calamity that has befallen thee?' ॥ 4-1-18 ॥

english translation

na duHkhama ucitaM kiM cida rAjana veda yathA janaH sa imAma ApadaM parApya kathaM ghòrAM tariSyasi ॥ 4-1-18 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/19

शृणुध्वं यत करिष्यामि कर्म वै कुरुनन्दनाः विराटम अनुसंप्राप्य राजानं पुरुषर्षभम ॥ ४-१-१९ ॥

sanskrit

'Ye sons of the Kuru race, ye bulls among men, hear now what I intend to do upon presenting myself before King Virata.' ॥ 4-1-19 ॥

english translation

zRNudhvaM yata kariSyAmi karma vai kurunandanAH virATama anusaMprApya rAjAnaM puruSarSabhama ॥ 4-1-19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/virata-parva/1/20

सभास्तारॊ भविष्यामि तस्य राज्ञॊ महात्मनः कङ्कॊ नाम दविजॊ भूत्वा मताक्षः परिय देविता ॥ ४-१-२० ॥

sanskrit

'I shall assume the guise of a Brahmana, known by the name Kanka, skilled in the art of dice and fond of the game.' ॥ 4-1-20 ॥

english translation

sabhAstArò bhaviSyAmi tasya rAjJò mahAtmanaH kaGkò nAma davijò bhUtvA matAkSaH pariya devitA ॥ 4-1-20 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript