Shloka 24

Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)

Devanagari script

आजगाम महाबुद्धिरुत्तड़कश्नैनमब्रवीत्‌ । न युक्त तादृशं दातुं त्वया पुरुषसत्तम

Transliteration

ājagāma mahābuddhir uttaḍakaś cainam abravīt | na yuktaṃ tādṛśaṃ dātuṃ tvayā puruṣasattama ||

Translation

Then Uttadaka, a man of great intelligence, came and addressed him: “O best of men, it is not proper for you to give such a gift.”

Word by Word

• आजगाम: came, arrived
• आजगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (narrative past), 3, singular

• महाबुद्धिः: the great-minded (one)
• महाबुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबुद्धि
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• उत्तङ्कः: Uttaṅka
• उत्तङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद), imperfect (past), 3, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• युक्तम्: proper, fitting
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तादृशम्: such (a thing)
• तादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दातुम्: to give
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दान)
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: masculine/feminine (common), instrumental, singular

• पुरुषसत्तम: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसत्तम
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttadaka