Shloka 5

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)

Devanagari script

उभौ मध्वासवक्षीबावुभौ चन्दनरूषितौ | स्रग्विणौ वरवस्त्रौ तौ दिव्याभरणभूषितौ,वे दोनों मित्र मधुर पेय पीकर आनन्दविभोर हो रहे थे। उन दोनोंके श्रीअंग चन्दनसे चर्चित थे। वे सुन्दर वस्त्र और मनोहर पुष्पमाला धारण करके दिव्य आभूषणोंसे विभूषित थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | ubhau madhvāsavakṣībāvu bhau candanarūṣitau | sragviṇau varavastrau tau divyābharaṇabhūṣitau ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Both of them, having drunk sweet mead and wine, were exhilarated with delight. Their bodies were anointed with sandal paste; they wore fine garments and garlands, and were adorned with splendid, divine ornaments.

Word by Word

उभौboth (two)

मधु-आसव-क्षीबौintoxicated with honey-wine

उभौboth

चन्दन-रूषितौsmeared/anointed with sandal (paste)

स्रग्विणौwearing garlands

वर-वस्त्रौclad in excellent garments

तौthose two

दिव्य-आभरण-भूषितौadorned with divine ornaments

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mead (madhu)

wine/liquor (āsava)

sandalwood paste (candana)

garlands (sraj)

fine garments (vastra)

divine ornaments (ābharaṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes