Shloka 8

Adhyāya 16 — Daiva, Kṣatriya-dharma, and Public Reassurance to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

नकुल: सहदेवश्न तथेमौ गुरुवर्तिनौ । क्षुधा कथं न सीदेतामिति चोद्धर्षणं कृतम्‌,गुरुजनोंकी आज्ञाके पालनमें लगे रहनेवाले ये दोनों भाई नकुल और सहदेव भूखका कष्ट न उठावें, इसके लिये मैंने तुम्हें उत्ताह दिलाया था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca tathemau guruvartinau |

kṣudhā kathaṃ na sīdetām iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Nakula dan Sahadeva—dua saudara yang setia menaati titah para sesepuh—jangan sampai runtuh oleh derita lapar. Dengan keprihatinan itu, aku memberi dorongan dan menggerakkan mereka untuk bertindak.”

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इमौ: these two
• इमौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• गुरुवर्तिनौ: obedient to the teacher/elders; following the guru's command
• गुरुवर्तिनौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरुवर्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• क्षुधा: by hunger; due to hunger
• क्षुधा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

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

• सीदेताम्: might sink/falter/suffer
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• उद्धर्षणम्: incitement/encouragement
• उद्धर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृतम्: was done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nakula
• Sahadeva