Shloka 55

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

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

एकलव्य उवाच कि प्रयच्छामि भगवन्नाज्ञापयतु मां गुरु:

Transliteration

ekalavya uvāca: kiṁ prayacchāmi bhagavan, ājñāpayatu māṁ guruḥ.

Translation

Ekalavya said: “O revered one, what shall I offer? Let the teacher command me.” In this moment, Ekalavya places himself under the authority of the guru, expressing readiness to give whatever is asked as a matter of duty and discipleship.

Word by Word

• एकलव्यः: Ekalavya
• एकलव्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकलव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयच्छामि: shall I give / do I give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• भगवन्: O venerable one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आज्ञापयतु: let (him/you) command / please आदेश करें
• Type: Verb
• Root: आज्ञा + णिच् (आज्ञापय-)
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• गुरुः: the teacher
• गुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

एकलव्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ekalavya
• Guru (the teacher, i.e., Droṇa in context)