Shloka 18

कुन्तीनिवर्तनप्रयत्नः तथा वननिवासप्रारम्भः

Attempt to Dissuade Kuntī; Commencement of Forest Residence

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं स राजा कुरुवृद्धवर्य: समागततस्तैर्नरदेवपुत्रै: । पप्रच्छ सर्व कुशलं तदानीं गतेषु सर्वेष्वथ तापसेषु

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

evaṁ sa rājā kuruvṛddhavaryaḥ samāgatastair naradevaputraiḥ |

papraccha sarva-kuśalaṁ tadānīṁ gateṣu sarveṣv atha tāpaseṣu ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन बोले—इस प्रकार संजय के मुख से सबका परिचय सुनकर, जब सब तपस्वी अपनी-अपनी कुटियों को चले गये, तब कुरुवंश के वृद्धों में श्रेष्ठ राजा धृतराष्ट्र उन नरदेवकुमारों से मिलकर उसी समय सबका कुशल-मंगल पूछने लगे।

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaishampayana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरु-वृद्ध-वर्यः: the foremost elder of the Kurus
• कुरु-वृद्ध-वर्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुरुवृद्धवर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समागतः: having come together / having met
• समागतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तैः: with them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नरदेव-पुत्रैः: with the sons of kings
• नरदेव-पुत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरदेवपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ् (पृच्छ्)
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुशलम्: welfare, well-being
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• नीम्: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदम् (तदानीम्)

• गतेषु: when (they) had gone
• गतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वेषु: in/among all (of them)
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अथ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तापसेषु: among the ascetics
• तापसेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kurus
• princes (sons of kings)
• ascetics (tāpasas)