Shloka 28

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

युध्यमानस्य मे वीर गन्धर्व: सुमहाबलै: । सहायो घोषयात्रायां कस्तदा55सीत्‌ सखा मम,“वीरवर! कौरवोंकी घोषयात्राके समय जब मैंने महाबली गन्धर्वोके साथ युद्ध किया था, उस समय कौन-सा मित्र मेरी सहायताके लिये आया था?

Transliteration

yudhyamānasya me vīra gandharvaḥ sumahābalaiḥ | sahāyo ghoṣayātrāyāṃ kas tadā ’sīt sakhā mama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O hero, when I was engaged in battle with the exceedingly powerful Gandharvas during the Kauravas’ cattle-expedition (ghoṣa-yātrā), which friend of mine came then to aid me?”

Word by Word

• युध्यमानस्य: of (me) fighting
• युध्यमानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गन्धर्वैः: with the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुमहाबलैः: very mighty
• सुमहाबलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहाबल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहायः: helper / ally
• सहायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोषयात्रायाम्: in the cattle-raid expedition
• घोषयात्रायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोषयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सखा: friend
• सखा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gandharvas
• Ghoṣa-yātrā (Kaurava cattle-expedition)