Shloka 23

उत्तरो भयविषण्णः — बृहन्नडेन धैर्योपदेशः

Uttara’s Panic and Bṛhannadā’s Stabilizing Counsel

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त: स सैरन्ध्र्या भगिनीं प्रत्यभाषत । गच्छ त्वमनवद्याज्ञि तामानय बृहन्नलाम्‌,सैरन्ध्रीके ऐसा कहनेपर उत्तर अपनी बहिनसे बोला--निर्दोष अंगोंवाली उत्तरे! जाओ, उस बृहन्नलाको बुला ले आओ”

Transliteration

evam uktaḥ sa sairandhryā bhaginīṃ pratyabhāṣata | gaccha tvam anavadyājñi tām ānaya bṛhannalām ||

Translation

فلما خاطبته سايرَنْدْرِي بذلك، أجاب الأمير أُتَّرا أخته: «اذهبي، أيتها البريئة الحكيمة، وائتيني ببِرهَنَّلا إلى هنا.»

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सैरन्ध्र्याः: from the maid (Sairandhrī)
• सैरन्ध्र्याः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैरन्ध्री
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• भगिनीम्: sister
• भगिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अभाषत: spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अनवद्य: blameless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनवद्य
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• आज्ञि: O obedient/command-knowing one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आज्ञिन्
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आनय: bring
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada, आ-

• बृहन्नलाम्: Bṛhannalā (name)
• बृहन्नलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन्नला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttara
• Sairandhrī
• Uttarā
• Bṛhannalā