Shloka 50

Devanagari script

अथोत्तर: शुभैर्गन्धैर्माल्यैश्व विविधैस्तथा । अवकीर्यमाण: संद्ृष्टो नगरं स्वैरमागत:

Transliteration

athottaraḥ śubhair gandhair mālyaiś ca vividhaiḥ tathā | avakīryamāṇaḥ saṃdṛṣṭo nagaraṃ svairam āgataḥ ||

Translation

এরপর উত্তরা শুভ সুগন্ধি ও নানা প্রকার মালার বর্ষণে সিক্ত হতে হতে, নিশ্চিন্ত ভঙ্গিতে নগরে প্রত্যাবর্তন করতে দেখা গেল।

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• उत्तरः: the latter/next (one)
• उत्तरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभैः: with auspicious (things)
• शुभैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• गन्धैः: with fragrances/perfumes
• गन्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• माल्यैः: with garlands
• माल्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विविधैः: with various (ones)
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अवकीर्यमाणः: being showered/scattered upon
• अवकीर्यमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-कीर्य (√कॄ/किर्)
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive

• संदृष्टः: was seen/appeared
• संदृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: संदृष्ट (सम्-√दृश्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive

• नगरम्: the city
• नगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वैरम्: at will/freely (as an adverbial accusative)
• स्वैरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वैर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आगतः: having come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (आ-√गम्)
• Form: क्त (past active participle, used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Active (participial)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttara
• nagara (the city, i.e., Virāṭa’s capital)