Shloka 19

धृतराष्ट्रस्य सत्कारः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Honored in the Post-war Court

Devanagari script

आरालिका: सूपकारा रागखाण्डविकास्तथा । उपातिष्ठन्त राजानं धृतराष्ट्रं यथा पुरा,राजा धृतराष्ट्रकी सेवामें पहलेकी ही भाँति उक्त अवसरोंपर भी रसोईके काममें निपुण आरालिक:, सूपकारः और रागखाण्डविकः मौजूद रहते थे

Transliteration

ārālikāḥ sūpakārā rāgakhāṇḍavikās tathā | upātiṣṭhanta rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ yathā purā ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—পূর্বের মতোই, উপযুক্ত সময়ে ভাতের পদ, স্যুপ ও নানা সুস্বাদু ব্যঞ্জন প্রস্তুতে দক্ষ রাজপ্রাসাদের পরিচারকেরা রাজা ধৃতরাষ্ট্রের সেবায় উপস্থিত থাকত।

Word by Word

• आरालिकाः: cooks/chefs (ārālikas)
• आरालिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरालिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सूपकाराः: soup-makers
• सूपकाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूपकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रागखाण्डविकाः: makers of rāga and khāṇḍava (sweetmeats/dishes)
• रागखाण्डविकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रागखाण्डविक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उपातिष्ठन्त: attended upon/served
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पुरा: formerly/before
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• ārālikāḥ (kitchen attendants)
• sūpakārāḥ (soup-cooks)
• rāgakhāṇḍavikāḥ (specialty cooks/confectioners)