Shloka 37

Araṇi Lost to the Deer: Pāṇḍavas Pursue to Preserve Agnihotra (अरणी-हरण प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवमुकक्‍्त्वा दुहितरं तथा वृद्धांश्व मन्त्रिण: । व्यादिदेशानुयात्र च गम्यतां चेत्यचोदयत्‌,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! पुत्रीसे ऐसा कहकर राजाने बूढ़े मन्त्रियोंको आज्ञा दी--“आपलोग यात्राके लिये आवश्यक सामग्री (वाहन आदि) लेकर सावित्रीके साथ जायूँ'

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | evam uktvā duhitaram tathā vṛddhāṃś ca mantriṇaḥ | vyādideśānuyātrāṃ ca gamyatāṃ cety acodayat ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus to his daughter, the king then instructed the aged ministers as well. He directed them to make the necessary arrangements for the journey and urged them, saying, “Let it be set out; let us go.”

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Markandeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• दुहितरम्: daughter
• दुहितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: so; in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वृद्धान्: old; aged
• वृद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• मन्त्रिणः: ministers; counselors
• मन्त्रिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• व्यादिदेश: commanded; ordered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दिश्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अनुयात्राम्: following journey; accompanying travel
• अनुयात्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुयात्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• गम्यताम्: let it be gone; let (one) proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Passive

• चेत्: if; (here) as a quotative particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• अचोदयत्: urged; prompted
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• the king (Sāvitrī’s father)
• the daughter (Sāvitrī)
• aged ministers/counselors
• journey arrangements (vehicles/materials implied)