Shloka 33
Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization
Devanagari script
सूदकर्मणि च श्रान्तं विराटस्य महानसे । भीमसेनेन कौन्तेय यच्च तन््मम पौरुषम्,“कुन्तीकुमार! तुम्हारे भाई भीमसेनको राजा विराटके रसोईघरमें रसोइयेके काममें ही संलग्न रहकर जो भारी श्रम उठाना पड़ा, वह सब मेरा ही पुरुषार्थ है
Transliteration
sūdakarmaṇi ca śrāntaṃ virāṭasya mahānase | bhīmasenena kaunteya yac ca tan mama pauruṣam ||
Translation
Ulūka said: “O son of Kuntī, the exhausting toil your brother Bhīmasena had to endure while employed as a cook in King Virāṭa’s great kitchen—that too is the fruit of my own prowess.”
Word by Word
सूदकर्मणिin the cook’s work / in cooking duty
सूदकर्मणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसूदकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
श्रान्तम्wearied, exhausted
श्रान्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रान्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विराटस्यof Virāṭa
विराटस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootविराट
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
महानसेin the kitchen
महानसे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमहानस
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
भीमसेनेनby Bhīmasena
भीमसेनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभीमसेन
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
कौन्तेयO son of Kuntī
कौन्तेय:
TypeNoun
Rootकौन्तेय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ममmy
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular, First
पौरुषम्manly effort, prowess
पौरुषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपौरुष
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
Speaker
उलूक उवाच
Characters & Entities
U
UlūkaK
Kuntīputra (Kaunteya)B
BhīmasenaV
VirāṭaV
Virāṭa’s royal kitchen (mahānasa)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes