Shloka 17

Virāṭanagara-nivāsa-nirṇaya

Decision to Reside in Virāṭa’s City

Devanagari script

मत्स्यो विराटो बलवानभिरक्तो5थ पाण्डवान्‌ | धर्मशीलो वदान्यश्न वृद्धश्न सततं प्रिय:

Translation

De entre los reinos que has mencionado, Virāṭa, rey de Matsya, es muy poderoso y además siente afecto por los Pāṇḍava. Y, por naturaleza, es virtuoso, ya anciano, generoso, y siempre nos ha sido querido.

Word by Word

• मत्स्यः: Matsya (king of Matsya)
• मत्स्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विराटः: Virāṭa
• विराटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलवान्: strong, powerful
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिरक्तः: attached, devoted
• अभिरक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिरक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and, moreover, then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धर्मशीलः: of righteous conduct
• धर्मशीलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मशील
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वदान्यः: generous
• वदान्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वदान्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृद्धः: aged, elder
• वृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सततम्: always, continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम्

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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