Shloka 3

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 106: Pūrva-Diśa Praśaṃsā

Praise and Primacy of the Eastern Quarter

Devanagari script

कुत: पुष्टानि मित्राणि कुतोर्डर्था: संचय: कुतः । हयानां चन्द्रशु भ्राणां शतान्यष्टौ कुतो मम,“मेरे ऐसे मित्र कहाँ, जो धनसे पुष्ट हों? मुझे कहाँसे धन प्राप्त होगा? कहाँ मेरे लिये धन संग्रह करके रखा हुआ है? और कहाँसे मुझे चन्द्रमाके समान श्वेतवर्णवाले आठ सौ घोड़े प्राप्त होंगे?

Transliteration

kutaḥ puṣṭāni mitrāṇi kuto 'rthāḥ saṃcayaḥ kutaḥ | hayānāṃ candraśubhrāṇāṃ śatāny aṣṭau kuto mama ||

Translation

Nārada said: “From where will I obtain friends strengthened by wealth? From where will resources come to me, and from where will there be any store of accumulated riches? And from where, for my sake, will I obtain eight hundred horses, white and radiant like the moon?”

Word by Word

कुतःfrom where?

पुष्टानिnourished, well-supported

मित्राणिfriends

कुतःfrom where?

अर्थाःwealth, resources

संचयःaccumulation, store

कुतःfrom where?

हयानाम्of horses

चन्द्रशुभ्राणाम्moon-white (very white)

शतानिhundreds

अष्टौeight

कुतःfrom where?

ममfor me / of me

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

friends/allies (mitrāṇi)

wealth/resources (arthāḥ)

accumulated store (saṃcayaḥ)

horses (hayāḥ)

moon (candra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes