Shloka 43

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

सत्यवत्युवाच सद्यो यथा प्रपद्येते देव्यौ गर्भ तथा कुरु,सत्यवतीने कहा--बेटा! ये दोनों रानियाँ जिस प्रकार शीघ्र गर्भ धारण करें, वह उपाय करो

Transliteration

satyavaty uvāca—sadyo yathā prapadyete devyau garbhaṃ tathā kuru

Translation

Satyavatī sprach: „Mein Sohn, richte es so ein, dass diese beiden edlen Königinnen sogleich empfangen.“

Word by Word

• सत्यवती: Satyavatī
• सत्यवती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सद्यः: immediately, quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• यथा: as, in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रपद्येते: they attain/enter upon (here: conceive/come to pregnancy)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Dual, Atmanepada

• देव्यौ: the two queens/lady-nobles
• देव्यौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• गर्भम्: pregnancy, womb (conception)
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कुरु: do (it), make (it happen)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Satyavatī
• the two queens (devyau)