Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: प्रतिगृह्याथ सक्तूनां कुडवं द्विज: । भक्षयामास राजेन्द्र न च तुष्टिं जगाम स:,राजेन्द्र! ब्राह्यणके ऐसा कहनेपर अतिथिने एक पाव सत्तू लेकर खा लिया; परंतु उतनेसे वह तृप्त नहीं हुआ

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ pratigṛhyātha saktūnāṃ kuḍavaṃ dvijaḥ | bhakṣayāmāsa rājendra na ca tuṣṭiṃ jagāma saḥ ||

Translation

Thus addressed, the brahmin accepted a kuḍava measure of saktu. He ate it, O best of kings, yet even after eating he did not attain satisfaction.

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

प्रतिगृह्यhaving accepted

अथthen

सक्तूनाम्of parched flour (sattu)

कुडवम्a kudava (a measure; about a quarter-seer)

द्विजःthe brahmin

भक्षयामासate

राजेन्द्रO lord of kings

नnot

चand

तुष्टिम्satisfaction

जगामattained / reached

सःhe

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nakula

dvija (brahmin guest)

rājendra (addressed king)

saktu (parched grain/flour)

kuḍava (measure)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes