Shloka 31

Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa

Gaṅgātīra encounter begins

Devanagari script

श्वेतोष्णीषाश्व दृश्यन्ते सर्वे वै शुक्लवासस: । आसनानि च शुभ्राणि सर्वेषामुपलक्षये,“उन सबके सिरपर सफेद पगड़ी और अंगोंमें श्वेत वस्त्र शोभित दिखायी दिये हैं। मैंने उन सबके आसनोंको भी श्वेत वर्णका ही देखा है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

śvetōṣṇīṣāś ca dṛśyante sarve vai śuklavāsasaḥ |

āsanāni ca śubhrāṇi sarveṣām upalakṣaye ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “All of them are seen wearing white turbans and white garments. I also observe that the seats of every one of them are white.”

Word by Word

श्वेतोष्णीषाःwhite turbans

अश्वाःhorses

दृश्यन्तेare seen/appear

सर्वेall

वैindeed

शुक्लवाससःwearing white garments

आसनानिseats

चand

शुभ्राणिwhite/bright

सर्वेषाम्of all (of them)

उपलक्षयेI observe/notice

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

white turbans (uṣṇīṣa)

white garments (vāsas)

white seats (āsana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes