Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

उत्थाय तु यथाकालमुत्तरा यदुनन्दनम्‌ | अभ्यवादयत प्रीता सह पुत्रेण भारत,भरतनन्दन! फिर प्रसन्न हुई उत्तरा यथासमय उठकर पुत्रको गोदमें लिये हुए यदुनन्दन श्रीकृष्णके समीप आयी और उन्हें प्रणाम किया

Transliteration

utthāya tu yathākālam uttarā yadunandanam | abhyavādayat prītā saha putreṇa bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then, at the proper time, Uttarā rose, and—joyful—approached Yadunandana Kṛṣṇa with her son, and respectfully offered him salutations.

Word by Word

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यथा: according to/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कालम्: time
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तरा: Uttarā
• उत्तरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यदु-नन्दनम्: the delight of the Yadus (Kṛṣṇa)
• यदु-नन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यवादयत्: she saluted/greeted
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वद्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीता: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पुत्रेण: with (her) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Uttarā
• Yadunandana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Uttarā's son (Parīkṣit, implied)
• Bhārata (Janamejaya, implied addressee)