Shloka 48

Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration

Devanagari script

स्थूणासहसैर्बृहतीं शतद्वारां सभां मम । मनोरमां दर्शनीयामाशु कुर्वन्तु शिल्पिन:

Transliteration

sthūṇāsahasair bṛhatīṃ śatadvārāṃ sabhāṃ mama | manoramāṃ darśanīyām āśu kurvantu śilpinaḥ ||

Translation

অসংখ্য শিল্পী দ্রুত আমার জন্য এক বিশাল সভাগৃহ নির্মাণ করুক—মনোরম ও দর্শনীয়—যাতে এক হাজার স্তম্ভ এবং একশো দ্বার থাকে।

Word by Word

• स्थूणा: with pillars
• स्थूणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थूणा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहस्रैः: by/with thousands (i.e., a thousand)
• सहस्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बृहतीम्: great, large
• बृहतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शत: a hundred
• शत: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्वाराम्: having doors/gates
• द्वाराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सभाम्: assembly-hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मम: my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मनोरमाम्: delightful, charming
• मनोरमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दर्शनीयाम्: worth seeing, splendid
• दर्शनीयाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शनीय
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु
• Form: true

• कुर्वन्तु: let them make/build
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शिल्पिनः: craftsmen, artisans
• शिल्पिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिल्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• śilpinaḥ (craftsmen/artisans)
• śata-dvāra (hundred doors)
• sthūṇā-sahasra (thousand pillars)