Shloka 68

Devanagari script

यथानुरूप॑ प्रतिपूजितावु भौ प्रशस्यमानौ स्वकृतैर्गुणौचै: । ननन्दतुस्तौ ससुहृद्गणौ तदा बल॑ नियम्येव सुरेशकेशवी

Transliteration

yathānurūpaṁ pratipūjitāv ubhau praśasyamānau svakṛtair guṇair ucaiḥ | nanandatus tau sasuhṛdgaṇau tadā balaṁ niyamy eva sureśa-keśavī ||

Translation

Shalya said: “Both of them were honored in a manner befitting their rank, and were loudly praised for the virtues they had earned by their own deeds. Then, together with their circles of friends, they rejoiced—having restrained their power, as it were, like Indra and Keshava (Krishna).”

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

अनुरूपम्suitably, in a fitting manner

प्रतिपूजितौhonoured in return / duly honoured

भौindeed (particle; dual-emphatic usage)

प्रशस्यमानौbeing praised

स्वकृतैःby their own deeds

गुणैःby virtues/qualities

उच्चैःaloud, highly

ननन्दतुःthey rejoiced

तौthose two

ससुहृद्गणौtogether with their groups of friends

तदाthen

बलम्force, might (of emotion/impulse)

नियम्यhaving restrained/controlled

इवas if, like

सुरेशlord of the gods (Indra)

केशवीKeshavī (epithet/name; feminine form)

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Shalya

Indra (Sureśa)

Krishna (Keśava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes