Shloka 36

Rukmī’s Offer of Aid and Arjuna’s Refusal (रुक्मिप्रस्तावः—अर्जुनप्रत्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

मधुरानूषरे देशे प्रभूतयवसेन्धने । यथैव हास्तिनपुरं तद्गच्छिेबिरमाबभौ,ऊसररहित मनोहर प्रदेशमें जहाँ घास और ईंधनकी बहुतायत थी, दुर्योधनकी सेनाका शिविर हस्तिनापुरकी भाँति सुशोभित होने लगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

madhurānūṣare deśe prabhūtayavasendhane |

yathaiva hāstinapuraṃ tadgacchibhiramābabhau ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In a pleasant tract free from saline barrenness, where grass for fodder and fuel-wood were abundant, Duryodhana’s army-camp came to look splendid—like Hastināpura itself.

Word by Word

मधुरpleasant/sweet

अनूषरेnon-saline, not barren

देशेin the region/country

प्रभूतabundant

यवसेin grass/fodder

इन्धनेin fuel/firewood

यथाas/just as

एवindeed/just

हास्तिनपुरम्Hastinapura

तथाso/thus

गच्छिgo (you go)

शिबिरम्camp

आबभौshone/appeared splendid

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Hastināpura

Duryodhana

Kaurava army camp (śibira)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes