Shloka 14

पाण्डव-वृष्णि-समागमः तथा अश्वमेध-अनुज्ञा | Reunion at the Kuru Court and Authorization of the Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

तान्‌ समीपगतान श्रु॒त्वा निर्ययुर्वृष्णिपुड्रवा:,वृष्णिवंशके प्रमुख वीरोंने जब सुना कि पाण्डव लोग नगरके समीप आ गये हैं, तब वे उनकी अगवानीके लिये बाहर निकले

Transliteration

tān samīpagatān śrutvā niryayur vṛṣṇipuṅgavāḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Hearing that the Pāṇḍavas had come near the city, the foremost heroes of the Vṛṣṇi lineage went out to meet them—an act of proper courtesy and kinship-duty, signaling respect and readiness to receive guests in accordance with dharma.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समीप-गतान्: having come near / arrived nearby
• समीप-गतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (गत)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• निर्ययुः: went out / sallied forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (नि-√या)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वृष्णि-पुङ्गवाः: the foremost among the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णि-पुङ्गवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुङ्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Vṛṣṇis