Shloka 31

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

सर्वकामाश्च कार्यन्तां रसगन्धसमन्विता: । मनोरथप्रीतिकरा द्विजानां कुरुसत्तम,“कुरुश्रेष्ठ जिनको खानेकी प्राय: सभी इच्छा करते हैं, वे रस और गन्धसे युक्त भाँति- भाँतिके मिष्टात्न आदि तैयार कराये जाँय, जो ब्राह्मणोंको उनकी इच्छाके अनुसार प्रीति प्रदान करनेवाले हों”

Transliteration

sarvakāmāś ca kāryantāṃ rasagandhasamanvitāḥ | manorathaprītikarā dvijānāṃ kurusattama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of the Kurus, have all kinds of foods prepared—endowed with pleasing taste and fragrance—so that they fulfill the wishes of the twice-born and bring them satisfaction.”

Word by Word

• सर्वकामाः: all desired (foods/things)
• सर्वकामाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कार्यन्ताम्: let (them) be prepared / let (them) be made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Plural, Passive

• रसगन्धसमन्विताः: endowed with taste and fragrance
• रसगन्धसमन्विताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसगन्धसमन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनोरथप्रीतिकराः: giving satisfaction according to desire
• मनोरथप्रीतिकराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरथप्रीतिकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजानाम्: of the Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुरुसत्तम: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru-sattama (addressed Kuru noble/king)
• Dvijas (Brahmins)
• Foods/dainties (rasagandha-samanvita)