Shloka 4

Droṇa–Vidura–Gāndhārī Counsel in the Royal Assembly (धर्मार्थयुक्ता सभा-उपदेश-प्रकरणम्)

Devanagari script

संध्यामुपास्य ध्यायन्तस्तमेव गतमानसा: । आनाय्य कृष्णं दाशाहईं पुनर्मन्त्रममन्त्रयन्‌

Transliteration

sandhyām upāsya dhyāyantas tam eva gatamānasāḥ | ānāyya kṛṣṇaṃ dāśārhaṃ punar mantram amantrayan |

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: «وبعد أن أدّوا عبادة الشفق وتأمّلوا وقلوبهم معلّقة به وحده، استدعوا كريشنا من سلالة الداشاره، ثم عادوا فشاوروه مرة أخرى.»

Word by Word

• सन्ध्याम्: the twilight (sandhyā)
• सन्ध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपास्य: having worshipped/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (आस्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• ध्यायन्तः: meditating
• ध्यायन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गतमानसाः: with minds fixed (on him)
• गतमानसाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत-मानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आनाय्य: having brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• कृष्णम्: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दाशार्हम्: the Dāśārha (descendant of Daśārha)
• दाशार्हम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाशार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमन्त्रयन्: they consulted/spoke (secretly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रय्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Past (narrative), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dāśārha (clan/epithet)