Shloka 21

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

शल्य बोले--नरश्रेष्ठ दुर्योधन! अब तुम अपने नगरको जाओ मैं शत्रुदमन युधिष्ठिरसे मिलने जाऊँगा ।। दृष्टवा युधिष्िरं राजन क्षिप्रमेष्ये नराधिप । अवश्य॑ चापि द्रष्टव्य: पाण्डव: पुरुषर्षभ:,नरेश्वर! मैं युधिष्ठिस्से मिलकर शीघ्र ही लौट आऊँगा। पाण्बुपुत्र नरश्रेष्ठ युधिष्ठिरसे मिलना भी अत्यन्त आवश्यक है

Transliteration

śalya uvāca—naraśreṣṭha duryodhana, adya tvaṁ svanagaraṁ vraja; ahaṁ śatrudamana yudhiṣṭhiraṁ draṣṭuṁ gamiṣyāmi. dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiraṁ rājan kṣipram eṣye narādhipa. avaśyaṁ cāpi draṣṭavyaḥ pāṇḍavaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ.

Translation

Śalya said: “O best of men, Duryodhana, go now to your own city. I shall go to meet Yudhiṣṭhira, the subduer of foes. Having seen Yudhiṣṭhira, O king, I will return quickly, O lord of men. Indeed, that Pāṇḍava—bull among men—must be met without fail.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'शल्य (Śalya)', 'definition': 'King of Madra

• here the speaker'}, {'term': 'नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha)', 'definition': 'best among men

• honorific address'}, {'term': 'दुर्योधन (Duryodhana)', 'definition': 'eldest Kaurava prince'}, {'term': 'नगर / स्वनगर (nagara / svanagara)', 'definition': 'city

• one’s own city'}, {'term': 'शत्रुदमन (śatrudamana)', 'definition': 'subduer of enemies

• epithet (here of Yudhiṣṭhira)'}, {'term': 'युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'definition': 'eldest Pāṇḍava

• kingly exemplar of dharma'}, {'term': 'दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā)', 'definition': 'having seen

• after meeting'}, {'term': 'राजन् (rājan)', 'definition': 'O king

• vocative'}, {'term': 'क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram)', 'definition': 'quickly'}, {'term': 'नराधिप / नरेश्वर (narādhipa / nareśvara)', 'definition': 'lord of men

• ruler'}, {'term': 'अवश्यम् (avaśyam)', 'definition': 'certainly

• necessarily'}, {'term': 'द्रष्टव्यः (draṣṭavyaḥ)', 'definition': 'to be seen/met

• must be visited'}, {'term': 'पाण्डव (pāṇḍava)', 'definition': 'son of Pāṇḍu

• the Pāṇḍava (here Yudhiṣṭhira)'}, {'term': 'पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha)', 'definition': 'bull among men

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Duryodhana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava(s)
• nagara (city)