Shloka 30

Uttaṅka’s Petition for Madayantī’s Divine Earrings (Maṇikuṇḍala) — Agreement, Proof, and Vigilance

Devanagari script

स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य जगाम जनमेजय । गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थ वै ते समानयितुं तदा,जनमेजय! तब “बहुत अच्छा" कहकर उत्तंकने गुरुपत्नीकी आज्ञा स्वीकार कर ली और उनका प्रिय करनेकी इच्छासे उन कुण्डलोंको लानेके लिये चल दिये

Transliteration

sa tatheti pratiśrutya jagāma janamejaya | gurupatnīpriyārthaṃ vai te samānayituṃ tadā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “So be it,” he promised, O Janamejaya, and at once set out to procure those ear-ornaments, intending to fulfill the beloved wish of his teacher’s wife.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रतिश्रुत्य: having promised; having assented
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिश्रु (श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जनमेजय: O Janamejaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थम्: for the sake of pleasing the teacher's wife
• गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• ते: those two (earrings)
• ते: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• समानयितुम्: to bring; to fetch
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (नी)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Uttanka
• guru-patnī (the teacher’s wife)
• kuṇḍala (ear-ornaments/earrings, implied by context)