Shloka 40

Nara-Nārāyaṇa Precedent and Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna; Karṇa’s Reply

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वर्घोषयात्रायां द्वियते यत्‌ सुतस्तव । क्व तदा सूतपुत्रो5भूद्‌ य इदानीं वृषायते,“घोषयात्राके समय जब गन्धर्वलोग तुम्हारे पुत्रको कैद करके लिये जा रहे थे, उस समय यह सूतपुत्र कहाँ था? जो इस समय साँड़की तरह डँकार रहा है

Transliteration

gandharvarghoṣayātrāyāṃ dviyate yat sutastava | kva tadā sūtaputro ’bhūd ya idānīṃ vṛṣāyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “When, during the Gandharvas’ ‘Ghoṣa-yātrā’, your son was being carried off as a captive, where was this charioteer’s son then—the very one who now bellows like a bull?”

Word by Word

गन्धर्वof/among the Gandharvas

घोषat the proclamation/announcement

यात्रायाम्in the expedition/journey

द्वियतेis afraid / fears

यत्when/that (relative)

सुतःson

तवyour

क्वwhere?

तदाthen/at that time

सूतcharioteer (Sūta)

पुत्रःson

अभूत्was / became

यःwho

इदानीम्now

वृषायतेbellows/roars like a bull; boasts

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gandharvas

Duryodhana (implied by 'your son' in the Ghoṣa-yātrā episode)

Karṇa (implied by 'sūtaputra')

Ghoṣa-yātrā

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes