Shloka 30

Uttaṅka’s Petition for Madayantī’s Divine Earrings (Maṇikuṇḍala) — Agreement, Proof, and Vigilance

Devanagari script

स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य जगाम जनमेजय । गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थ वै ते समानयितुं तदा

Transliteration

sa tatheti pratiśrutya jagāma janamejaya | gurupatnīpriyārthaṃ vai te samānayituṃ tadā ||

Translation

जनमेजय! उत्तंक ने “तथास्तु” कहकर वचन दिया और गुरुपत्नी की प्रिय-इच्छा पूर्ण करने हेतु उन कुण्डलों को लाने के लिए तत्क्षण चल पड़ा।

Word by Word

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

• तथा: thus; so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रतिश्रुत्य: having promised; having assented
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिश्रु (श्रु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जनमेजय: O Janamejaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थम्: for the sake of pleasing the teacher's wife
• गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपत्नीप्रियार्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• ते: those two (earrings)
• ते: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• समानयितुम्: to bring; to fetch
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (नी)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Uttanka
• guru-patnī (the teacher’s wife)
• kuṇḍala (ear-ornaments/earrings, implied by context)