Shloka 10
उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas
Devanagari script
नामृष्यत पुरा योडसौ स्वबाहुबलगर्वितः
Transliteration
nāmṛṣyata purā yo 'sau svabāhubala-garvitaḥ
Translation
Einst vermochte jener Mann—vom Stolz auf die Kraft seiner eigenen Arme aufgebläht—es nicht zu ertragen.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अमृष्यतdid not endure / could not tolerate
अमृष्यत:
TypeVerb
Rootमृष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada
पुराformerly, earlier
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
असौthat (man), he
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसद् (pronoun base: अदस्)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
स्वबाहुबलगर्वितःproud of the strength of his own arms
स्वबाहुबलगर्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व-बाहु-बल-गर्वित
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana, narrator)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts forbearance with arrogance: pride in one’s own power makes a person unable to tolerate insult or restraint, and this lack of kṣānti becomes a moral weakness that fuels escalation.
Vaiśampāyana describes a previously mentioned figure as someone who, in earlier times, could not bear a situation because he was swollen with confidence in his own physical might—setting up the character’s temperament as a cause for ensuing tensions.