Shloka 23

Adhyāya 52 (Sabhā-parva): Vidura Invites Yudhiṣṭhira to Hastināpura for the Dice Match

Devanagari script

राजा चित्ररथो नाम गन्धर्वो वासवानुग: । शतानि चत्वार्यददद्धयानां वातरंहसाम्‌,इन्द्रके अनुगामी गन्धर्वराज चित्ररथने चार सौ दिव्य अश्व दिये, जो वायुके समान वेगशाली थे

Transliteration

rājā citraratho nāma gandharvo vāsavānugaḥ | śatāni catvāry adadad dhayānāṃ vātarāṃhasām ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “There is a Gandharva-king named Citraratha, a follower of Vāsava (Indra). He bestowed four hundred horses, swift as the wind.”

Word by Word

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चित्ररथः: Chitraratha (lit. 'having a splendid chariot')
• चित्ररथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्ररथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम

• गन्धर्वः: Gandharva
• गन्धर्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासवानुगः: follower of Vāsava (Indra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासवानुग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चत्वारि: four
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अददत्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• हयानाम्: of horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वातरंहसाम्: of wind-swift (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातरंहस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Citraratha
• Gandharvas
• Vāsava (Indra)
• horses