Shloka 19

कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court

Devanagari script

ते तु सर्वे समायान्तमग्निमिद्धमिव प्रभुम्‌ । अर्चयामासुरर्चाह देशातिथिमुपस्थितम्‌

Transliteration

te tu sarve samāyāntam agnim iddham iva prabhum | arcayāmāsur arcāha deśātithim upasthitam ||

Translation

حينئذٍ إنهم جميعًا، إذ رأوا السيّد يُقبل كالنار الموقدة المتأجّجة، أكرموه بالطقوس الواجبة، وعظّموا بخشوعٍ الأتيثي (الضيف) القادم من ديارٍ أخرى.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समायान्तम्: coming/approaching
• समायान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु: या)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• अग्निम्: fire
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इद्धम्: kindled/blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्ध् (धातु: इन्ध्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्रभुम्: the lord/master
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्चयामासुः: they worshipped/paid homage
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अर्चा: with worship/with offerings
• अर्चा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• देश: of the country/region
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अतिथिम्: guest
• अतिथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपस्थितम्: arrived/present
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (narrator)
• प्रभु (a lord/powerful person—unnamed in this verse)
• अग्नि (fire, as simile)
• अतिथि (guest)