Shloka 39

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

स कृष्णं मलदिग्धाड़ंं कृष्णाजिनजटाधरम्‌ | नैषादिं श्वा समालक्ष्य भषंस्तस्थौ तदन्तिके,एकलव्यके शरीरका रंग काला था। उसके अंगोंमें मैल जम गया था और उसने काला मृगचर्म एवं जटा धारण कर रखी थी। निषादपुत्रको इस रूपमें देखकर वह कुत्ता भौं-भौं करके भूकता हुआ उसके पास खड़ा हो गया

Transliteration

sa kṛṣṇaṃ maladigdhāṅgaṃ kṛṣṇājinajaṭādharam | naiṣādiṃ śvā samālakṣya bhaśaṃstasthau tadantike ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing the Niṣāda youth—dark in complexion, his limbs smeared with grime, wearing a black antelope-skin and matted locks—a dog noticed him and, barking loudly, stood close by him.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (dog)

कृष्णम्black/dark

मलदिग्धाङ्गम्whose limbs were smeared with dirt

कृष्णाजिनजटाधरम्wearing a black antelope-skin and matted hair

नैषादिम्the Niṣāda (man), Ekalavya

श्वाthe dog

समालक्ष्यhaving noticed/seeing

भषन्barking

तस्थौstood

तत्of him/that (his)

अन्तिकेnear, in the vicinity

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Niṣāda youth (Ekalavya)

dog

kṛṣṇājina (black antelope-skin)

jaṭā (matted locks)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes