Shloka 28

मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

विदुर उवाच किर्मीरिस्त्वब्रवीदेनं दिष्ट्या देवैरिदं मम । उपपादितमद्येह चिरकालान्मनोगतम्‌,विदुरजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! तब किर्मीरने युधिष्ठिससे कहा--'आज सौभाग्यवश देवताओं ने यहाँ मेरे बहुत दिनोंके मनोरथकी पूर्ति कर दी

Transliteration

vidura uvāca: kirmīris tv abravīd enaṃ diṣṭyā devair idaṃ mama | upapāditam adyeha cirakālān manogatam ||

Translation

Vidura said: Then Kirmīra addressed him, “By good fortune, the gods have today brought about here the fulfillment of a desire that has long been in my heart.”

Word by Word

• {'vidura uvāca': 'Vidura said', 'kirmīriḥ': 'Kirmīra (a rākṣasa/demon, hostile figure)', 'tu': 'then

• indeed', 'abravīt': 'said

• spoke', 'enam': 'to him (i.e., to Yudhiṣṭhira, contextually)', 'diṣṭyā': 'by good fortune

• providentially', 'devaiḥ': 'by the gods (instrumental plural)', 'idam': 'this', 'mama': 'my', 'upapāditam': 'has been brought about

• has been accomplished/provided', 'adya': 'today', 'iha': 'here', 'cirakālāt': 'after a long time

• long-standing', 'manogatam': 'cherished in the mind

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Kirmīra
• Devas (gods)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by context)