Shloka 9

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

वासुदेवसहायस्य गर्जत: सानुजस्य ते । मध्ये कुरूणां कौन्तेय तस्य कालो5यमागत:

Transliteration

vāsudeva-sahāyasya garjataḥ sānujaśya te | madhye kurūṇāṃ kaunteya tasya kālo ’yam āgataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O son of Kuntī, the time has now come for him—your younger-brother-accompanied warrior who roars in battle, supported by Vāsudeva—to stand in the very midst of the Kurus. With Kṛṣṇa as his aid, his destined hour for decisive action has arrived.”

Word by Word

• वासुदेव: of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेव: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सहायस्य: of the helper/ally
• सहायस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गर्जतः: of (him) roaring
• गर्जतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्जत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सानुजस्य: of (him) with his younger brother
• सानुजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सानुज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• कुरूणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• कौन्तेय: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कालः: time (the destined time)
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आगतः: has come/has arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Kurus