Shloka 35

सहदेवस्य गोसंख्य-तन्तिपाल-रूपेण विराट-समागमः | Sahadeva’s Audience with Virāṭa as Cattle-Enumerator

Tantipāla

Devanagari script

सुदेष्णोवाच एवं त्वां वासयिष्यामि यथा त्वं नन्दिनीच्छसि

Transliteration

sudeṣṇovāca evaṃ tvāṃ vāsayiṣyāmi yathā tvaṃ nandīnīcchasi

Translation

Sudeṣṇā sagte: „So will ich dir Unterkunft gewähren, ganz so, wie du es wünschst, o Nandinī.“

Word by Word

• सुदेष्णा: Sudeshna
• सुदेष्णा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदेष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• वासयिष्यामि: I will cause (you) to dwell / I will lodge (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Future (Simple Future), 1st, Singular

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दिनीम्: Nandini (name/title), the ‘delighting one’
• नन्दिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छसि: you desire, you wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sudeṣṇā
• Nandinī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes offering appropriate shelter and protection to one who seeks residence or service; the queen’s assurance models responsible hospitality and honoring a person’s stated preference within proper bounds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Queen Sudeṣṇā responds to Nandinī, promising to arrange her lodging in the palace according to Nandinī’s wish, indicating acceptance into the household and an undertaking of care.