Shloka 29

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

काले काले<स्य सम्प्राप्ते नैव विद्येत भोजनम्‌ | क्षुधापरिगता: सर्वे प्रातिष्ठन्त तदा तु ते

Transliteration

kāle kāle'sya samprāpte naiva vidyeta bhojanam | kṣudhāparigatāḥ sarve prātiṣṭhanta tadā tu te ||

Translation

Nakula said: “When the appointed times came again and again, no food was to be found. Overcome by hunger, all of them then set out from that place, driven by necessity.”

Word by Word

• काले: at (the) time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• काले: at (the) time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्य: of this (one/thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सम्प्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived/come
• सम्प्राप्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विद्येत: would be found/available
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Vidhi-ling (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• भोजनम्: food/meal
• भोजनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुधा: by/with hunger
• क्षुधा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परिगताः: overcome/afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रातिष्ठन्त: set out/departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था
• Form: Lan (imperfect), Past, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

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

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula