Shloka 7

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

तत्र मल्‍ला नटा झल्ला: सूता वैतालिकास्तथा | उपतस्थुर्महात्मानं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्‌,वहाँ धर्मपुत्र महात्मा युधिष्ठिरकी सेवामें कितने ही मल्ल (बाहुयुद्ध करनेवाले), नट, झल्ल (लकुटियोंसे युद्ध करनेवाले), सूत और वैतालिक उपस्थित हुए

Transliteration

tatra mallā naṭā jhallāḥ sūtā vaitālikās tathā | upatasthur mahātmānaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |

Translation

There, wrestlers, actors, club-fighters, charioteers, and bards likewise came forward to attend upon the noble Dharmaputra Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• मल्लाः: wrestlers
• मल्लाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नटाः: actors/dancers
• नटाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• झल्लाः: club-fighters (staff/club warriors)
• झल्लाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: झल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सूताः: charioteers/bards
• सूताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वैतलिकाः: panegyrists/minstrels
• वैतलिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैतलिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उपतस्थुः: attended upon/served
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled (one)
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मपुत्रम्: Dharma's son
• धर्मपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरम्: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• mallāḥ (wrestlers)
• naṭāḥ (actors/performers)
• jhallāḥ (club-fighters)
• sūtāḥ (sūtas/charioteers)
• vaitālikāḥ (bards/panegyrists)