Shloka 37

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

तथैव चाभिगम्यैनमुवाच वसुधाधिप: । प्रत्याख्यातश्न॒ तेनापि स तदा शूरमानिना,दुर्योधनसे मिलकर राजा रुक्मीने उससे भी वैसी ही बातें कहीं। तब अपनेको शूरवीर माननेवाले दुर्योधनने भी उसकी सहायता लेनेसे इन्कार कर दिया

Transliteration

tathaiva cābhigamyainam uvāca vasudhādhipaḥ | pratyākhyātaś ca tenāpi sa tadā śūramāninā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “The lord of the earth (the king) approached him in the same manner and spoke likewise. But he too was refused; for at that time the one who prided himself on being a great hero rejected him.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

चand

अभिगम्यhaving approached

एनम्him

उवाचsaid, spoke

वसुधा-अधिपःthe lord of the earth (king)

प्रत्याख्यातःrejected, refused

चand

तेनby him

अपिalso, even

सःhe

तदाthen

शूर-मानिनाby (one) considering himself a hero

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vasudhādhipa (a king)

Duryodhana (implied by context)

Rukmī (implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes