Shloka 20

दुर्योधनस्य प्रायोपवेशः — शकुनिसान्त्वनम् तथा कृत्याह्वानम्

Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā

Devanagari script

उचितं हि सदा गन्तुं घोषयात्रां विशाम्पते | एवं च त्वां पिता राजन्‌ समनुज्ञातुमहति,“राजन्‌! अपनी गौओंको देखनेके लिये यात्रा करना सदा उचित ही है; ऐसा बहाना लेनेपर पिताजी तुम्हें अवश्य वहाँ जानेकी आज्ञा दे सकते हैं!

Transliteration

ucitaṃ hi sadā gantuṃ ghoṣayātrāṃ viśāmpate | evaṃ ca tvāṃ pitā rājan samanujñātum arhati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O lord of the people, it is always proper to go on a journey to the cowherd-settlement to inspect the herds. And on this pretext, O king, your father can rightly grant you permission to go there.”

Word by Word

उचितम्proper, fitting

हिindeed, for

सदाalways

गन्तुम्to go

घोष-यात्राम्a journey to the cattle-station (goshayatra)

विशाम्of the people/subjects

पतेO lord

एवम्thus, in this way

चand

त्वाम्you

पिताfather

राजन्O king

समनुज्ञातुम्to permit, to give leave

अर्हतिis able/ought, deserves

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

a king addressed as Viśāmpati (unnamed here)

the king's father

ghoṣa (cowherd settlement)

cattle/herds (implied by ghoṣa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes