Shloka 25

कुन्ती द्वारा ब्राह्मण-सेवा

Kuntī’s Regulated Hospitality to a Brāhmaṇa Guest

Devanagari script

तां नेतुं स इहायातो बद्ध्वा सेतुं महार्णवे । तेन चैव प्रहस्तादिर्महान्‌ न: स्वजनो हत:,“उसे वापस लेनेके लिये ही राम महासागरपर पुल बाँधकर यहाँ आया है। उसने हमारे प्रहस्त आदि प्रमुख स्वजनोंको मार डाला है

Transliteration

tāṁ netuṁ sa ihāyāto baddhvā setuṁ mahārṇave | tena caiva prahastādir mahān naḥ svajano hataḥ ||

Translation

“He has come here precisely to take her back, after building a bridge across the great ocean. And by him, our great kinsmen—beginning with Prahasta—have been slain.”

Word by Word

• ताम्: her/that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नेतुम्: to lead/take (away)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आयातः: has come
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बद्ध्वा: having bound/built
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• सेतुम्: a bridge/causeway
• सेतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महा-अर्णवे: in the great ocean
• महा-अर्णवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रहस्त-आदिः: Prahasta and others (as a group)
• प्रहस्त-आदिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहस्त-आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: First, Genitive, Plural

• स्वजनः: kinsman/one of our people
• स्वजनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: was slain/killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā (implied by tām)
• Prahasta
• mahārṇava (the great ocean)
• setu (bridge/causeway)