Shloka 9

उद्योगपर्व — विदुरोक्तिः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra Addressed on Sincerity, Hospitality, and Settlement

Devanagari script

आविकं च सुखस्पर्श पार्वतीयैरुपाह्तम्‌ । तदप्यस्मै प्रदास्यामि सहस्राणि दशाष्ट च,मेरे यहाँ पर्वतीयोंसे भेंटमें मिले हुए भेड़के ऊनसे बने हुए (असंख्य) कम्बल हैं, जो स्पर्श करनेपर बड़े मुलायम जान पड़ते हैं; उनमेंसे अठारह हजार कम्बल भी मैं श्रीकृष्णको उपहारमें दूँगा

Transliteration

āvikaṃ ca sukhasparśaṃ pārvatīyair upāhṛtam | tad apy asmai pradāsyāmi sahasrāṇi daśāṣṭa ca ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “I shall also give woollen coverings—soft to the touch—brought as gifts by the hill-people. From these, I will present to him eighteen thousand blankets as an offering.”

Word by Word

• आविकम्: made of sheep(-wool), woollen
• आविकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आविक (अवि-सम्बन्धी)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुखस्पर्शम्: pleasant to the touch, soft-touching
• सुखस्पर्शम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखस्पर्श
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पार्वतीयैः: by the mountain-dwellers/highlanders
• पार्वतीयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वतीय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उपाहृतम्: brought/presented (as a gift)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-हृ (धातु: हृ)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (also)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give/present
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु: दा)
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश
• Form: Indeclinable/Number-word, Uninflected, Plural-sense

• अष्ट: eight
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट
• Form: Indeclinable/Number-word, Uninflected, Plural-sense

• च: and (= making 'eighteen')
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• pārvatīya (hill-people)
• āvika-kambala (woollen blankets/coverings)