Shloka 3

युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्याभिषेकः | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Royal Consecration

Devanagari script

मध्ये कृत्वा तु राजानं भीमसेनार्जुनावुभौ । निषीदतुर्महात्मानौ शलक्ष्णयोर्मणिपीठयो:

Transliteration

madhye kṛtvā tu rājānaṃ bhīmasenārjunāv ubhau | niṣīdatūr mahātmānau śalakṣṇayor maṇipīṭhayoḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Placing the king between them, the two great-souled heroes Bhīmasena and Arjuna sat down upon two finely crafted, jewel-inlaid seats.

Word by Word

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having placed/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेन: Bhimasena
• भीमसेन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुनौ: Arjuna (as one of the two)
• अर्जुनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• निषीदतुः: sat down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षद्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• महात्मानौ: the two great-souled ones
• महात्मानौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• शलक्ष्णयोः: on the smooth (ones)
• शलक्ष्णयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शलक्ष्ण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Dual

• मणिपीठयोः: on the jeweled seats/thrones
• मणिपीठयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिपीठ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the king (rājā)
• Bhīmasena
• Arjuna
• maṇipīṭha (jewel-inlaid seats)