Shloka 17

Kuntī’s Retrospective Uddharṣaṇa and Renunciatory Resolve (कुन्त्युद्धर्षण-प्रत्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

निवेदयामास तदा जन तन्नामगोत्रत: । युधिष्ठिरो नरपति: स चैन प्रत्यपूजयत्‌,उस समय स्वयं राजा युधिष्ठिरने एक-एक व्यक्तिका नाम और गोत्र बताकर परिचय दिया और परिचय पाकर धृतराष्ट्रने उन सबका वाणीद्वारा सत्कार किया

Transliteration

nivedayāmāsa tadā jana tan-nāma-gotrataḥ | yudhiṣṭhiro nara-patiḥ sa cainān pratyapūjayat ||

Translation

Da stellte König Yudhiṣṭhira die Menschen einen nach dem andern vor und nannte jeweils Namen und Abstammung (Gotra). Als Dhṛtarāṣṭra erfuhr, wer sie waren, empfing er sie mit höflichen Worten und ehrte sie nach rechter Sitte.

Word by Word

• निवेदयामास: reported, made known
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवेदय् (√विद्/√वेद् caus.)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• जनः: the person/attendant (one man)
• जनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (information)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गोत्रतः: by lineage / as to clan
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरपतिः: king
• नरपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्यपूजयत्: honoured, received respectfully
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पूज्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra