Shloka 18

Adhyāya 45 — Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta

Devanagari script

मत्पूर्वा रुक्मिणीं कृष्ण संसत्सु परिकीर्तयन्‌ | विशेषत: पार्थिवेषु व्रीडां न कुरुषे कथम्‌,“कृष्ण! तुम इस भरी सभामें, विशेषतः सभी राजाओंके सामने रुक्मिणीको मेरी पहलेकी मनोनीत पत्नी बताते हुए लज्जाका अनुभव कैसे नहीं करते?

Transliteration

matpūrvā rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇa saṃsatsu parikīrtayan | viśeṣataḥ pārthiveṣu vrīḍāṃ na kuruṣe katham ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «¡Oh Kṛṣṇa! Al proclamar en esta asamblea colmada—y en especial ante los reyes reunidos—que Rukmiṇī fue primero escogida por mí, ¿cómo es que no sientes vergüenza?»

Word by Word

• मत्पूर्वाम्: as mine-before (previously mine)
• मत्पूर्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-पूर्वा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रुक्मिणीम्: Rukmiṇī
• रुक्मिणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संसत्सु: in assemblies
• संसत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• परिकीर्तयन्: proclaiming, declaring
• परिकीर्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-कीर्तय्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशेषतः: especially
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः

• पार्थिवेषु: among kings
• पार्थिवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• व्रीडाम्: shame, embarrassment
• व्रीडाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीडा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कुरुषे: you do/make (you feel/experience)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• Rukmiṇī
• pārthivāḥ (kings)
• saṃsat (assembly)