Shloka 19

Mātali’s Proposal for Guṇakeśī and Sumukha’s Audience with Indra

Devanagari script

मातलिरुवाच स्थितो य एष पुरत: कौरव्यस्यार्यकस्य तु । द्युतिमान्‌ दर्शनीयश्व कस्यैष कुलनन्दन:

Transliteration

mātalir uvāca sthito ya eṣa purataḥ kauravyasyāryakasya tu | dyutimān darśanīyaś ca kasya eṣa kulanandanaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Mātali: «¿Quién es este joven, radiante y apuesto, que está aquí de pie ante el noble anciano de la estirpe de los Kuru? ¿A qué familia pertenece este deleite de su clan?»

Word by Word

• मातलिः: Mātali (name)
• मातलिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• स्थितः: standing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः

• कौरव्यस्य: of the Kaurava
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आर्यकस्य: of the noble elder (Āryaka)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्यक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• द्युतिमान्: radiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दर्शनीयः: worthy to be seen, handsome
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शनीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• कस्य: of whom
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुलनन्दनः: delight of (his) family
• कुलनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mātali
• Kauravya (a Kuru descendant)
• Āryaka (venerable elder/ancestor of the Kuru line)