Shloka 9

कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः

Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth

Devanagari script

कर्तुमर्हसि राजेन्द्र तेषां त्वमुदकक्रियाम्‌ । भ्रातृभि: सहित: सर्वैरेतदत्र विधीयताम्‌

Transliteration

kartum arhasi rājendra teṣāṃ tvam udakakriyām | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvair etad atra vidhīyatām ||

Translation

Nārada dijo: «Oh el mejor de los reyes, es justo que realices para ellos los ritos de ofrenda de agua. Ve junto con todos tus hermanos y ofrece la libación de agua a esos tres. En este momento, este deber debe cumplirse aquí».

Word by Word

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-अन्त (infinitive), परस्मैपद-भाव

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: nominative, singular

• उदकक्रियाम्: water-rite (libation/oblations of water)
• उदकक्रियाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदकक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• भ्रातृभिः: with (by) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सहितः: accompanied (together)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, plural

• एतत्: this (act/thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• विधीयताम्: let it be done/ordained
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि-
• Form: लोट् (imperative), कर्मणि (passive), 3, singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• bhrātṛ (the brothers of the king)
• udakakriyā (water-offering rite)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid upheaval and sorrow, dharma is upheld through timely performance of prescribed duties—here, the funerary water-offering rite—done with family solidarity and proper intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada instructs the king (addressed as rājendra) to go with all his brothers and perform udakakriyā—libations of water—for “those three,” emphasizing that this obligation should be fulfilled immediately and on the spot.