Shloka 7

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 103: Garuḍa’s Protest, Viṣṇu’s Demonstration, and Counsel Toward Śama

Devanagari script

यदि ते रोचते सम्यग्‌ भुजगोत्तम मा चिरम्‌ | क्रियतामार्यक क्षिप्रं बुद्धि: कन्यापरिग्रहे,नागप्रवर आर्यक! यदि आपको भी यह सम्बन्ध भलीभाँति रुचिकर जान पड़े तो शीघ्र ही इनकी पुत्रीको ब्याह लानेका निश्चय कीजिये

Transliteration

yadi te rocate samyag bhujagottama mā ciram | kriyatām āryaka kṣipraṁ buddhiḥ kanyā-parigrahe ||

Translation

Narada said: “If this proposal truly pleases you, O best of serpents, then do not delay. O noble Aryaka, promptly resolve your intention to accept the maiden in marriage.”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: any, Dative, Singular

• रोचते: is pleasing (to you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• सम्यक्: properly, well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• भुजग-उत्तम: O best of serpents
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजग + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long, long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

• क्रियताम्: let it be done / may it be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• आर्यक: O Āryaka (name/title)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्यक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• बुद्धिः: decision, resolve, intention
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कन्या-परिग्रहे: in (the matter of) taking the maiden in marriage
• कन्या-परिग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + परिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नाग-प्रवर: O foremost of nāgas
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + प्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आर्यक: O Āryaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्यक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Āryaka