Shloka 73

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

एकरात्र तु ते ब्रह्मन्‌ काम॑ दास्यामि भोजनम्‌ | एवमुक्तस्त्वहं तेन सदार: प्रस्थितस्तदा,“ब्रह्मन! तुम्हारी इच्छा हो तो मैं तुम्हें एक रातके लिये अच्छी तरह भोजन दे सकता ' राजा ट्रुपदके यों कहनेपर मैं पत्नी और पुत्रके साथ वहाँसे चल दिया

Transliteration

ekarātraṃ tu te brahman kāmaṃ dāsyāmi bhojanam | evam uktas tv ahaṃ tena sadāraḥ prasthitas tadā |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh brāhmaṇa, si así lo deseas, te daré alimento por una noche». Cuando el rey Drupada me habló de este modo, partí entonces de allí junto con mi esposa y mi hijo, aceptando la hospitalidad ofrecida conforme a los deberes recíprocos de anfitrión y huésped.

Word by Word

• एकरात्रम्: for one night
• एकरात्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकरात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कामम्: desire/wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दास्यामि: I will give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular

• भोजनम्: food/meal
• भोजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: and/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

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

• सदारः: with (my) wife
• सदारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रस्थितः: set out/departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था
• Form: क्त (past active participle in sense of 'set out'), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brāhmaṇa (addressed guest)
• King Drupada
• wife (of the narrator/guest)
• son (of the narrator/guest)