Shloka 98

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

अन्त्येषु पुत्रान्‌ निक्षिप्य यदुद्र॒द्युपुरोगमान्‌ । पुरुं राज्येडभिषिच्याथ सदार: प्राविशद्‌ वनम्‌,“उन्होंने किनारेके प्रदेशोंपर अपने तीन पुत्र यदु, द्रह्मु तथा अनुको स्थापित करके मध्य भारतके राज्यपर पूरुको अभिषिक्त किया; फिर अपनी स्त्रियोंके साथ वे वनमें चले गये

Transliteration

antyeṣu putrān nikṣipya yadu-druhyu-purogamān | pūruṁ rājyebhiṣicyātha sa-dāraḥ prāviśad vanam ||

Translation

Having installed his sons in the frontier regions—foremost among them Yadu and Druhyu—he then anointed Pūru to rule the central kingdom. Thereafter, accompanied by his wives, he entered the forest.

Word by Word

• अन्त्येषु: in the border/outer (regions)
• अन्त्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्त्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निक्षिप्य: having placed/installed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• यदु: Yadu
• यदु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रुह्युम्: Druhyu
• द्रुह्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुह्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरोगमान्: as leaders/placed in front (as chiefs)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुरुम्: Puru
• पुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अभिषिच्य: having anointed/crowned
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सदारः: together with (his) wife/wives
• सदारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-दार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राविशत्: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वनम्: the forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Yadu
• Druhyu
• Pūru
• the king (speaker’s narrative subject)
• wives (dārāḥ)
• forest (vana)
• frontier regions (antya-deśa)
• central kingdom (madhya-rājya implied)