Shloka 65

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Indra’s Intended Request

Kuṇḍala–Kavaca Discourse

Devanagari script

सखिभावाच्च सुग्रीव: कुशल त्वानुपृच्छति । क्षिप्रमेष्यति ते भर्ता सर्वशाखामृगै: सह

Transliteration

sakhibhāvāc ca sugrīvaḥ kuśala tvānupṛcchati | kṣipram eṣyati te bhartā sarvaśākhāmṛgaiḥ saha ||

Translation

“Out of friendship, Sugrīva sends his greetings and asks after your well-being. Your lord will soon arrive, accompanied by all the vānaras of the forest.”

Word by Word

• सखि-भावात्: from (our) friendship
• सखि-भावात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि-भाव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• सुग्रीवः: Sugriva
• सुग्रीवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुग्रीव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुशलम्: well-being, welfare
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अनुपृच्छति: asks after, inquires about
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly, soon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• एष्यति: will come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भर्ता: husband, lord
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-शाखा-मृगैः: with all the monkeys (tree-dwellers)
• सर्व-शाखा-मृगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वशाखामृग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• सुग्रीव (Sugrīva)
• शाखामृग (śākhāmṛga, monkeys)