Shloka 26

Nala’s Embassy to Damayantī and the Gods’ Proposal (नलस्य दूतत्वं देवप्रस्तावश्च)

Devanagari script

कालो दुर्योधन हन्तुं सानुबन्धमरिंदम । एकाग्रां पृथिवीं सर्वा पुरा राजन्‌ करोति सः:,'शत्रुदमन! यह दुर्योधनको उसके सगे-सम्बन्धियों-सहित मार डालनेका अवसर आया है। राजन्‌! वह सारी पृथ्वीको जबतक एक सूत्रमें बाँध ले, उसके पहले ही यह कार्य कर लेना चाहिये

Transliteration

kālo duryodhana hantuṃ sānubandham ariṃdama | ekāgrāṃ pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ purā rājan karoti saḥ ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai penakluk musuh, inilah saatnya menumbangkan Duryodhana beserta seluruh sekutu dan kerabatnya. Wahai Raja, hal ini harus dilakukan sebelum ia berhasil menyatukan seluruh bumi di bawah satu kekuasaan.”

Word by Word

• kālaḥ: time; the right moment
• kālaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• duryodhana: O Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: duryodhana
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• hantum: to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: han
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• sa-anubandham: together with his associates/relations
• sa-anubandham: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anubandha
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• arimdam(a): O subduer of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: arimdam
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ekāgrām: unified; brought to one focus
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekāgra
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• pṛthivīm: the earth; the kingdom
• pṛthivīm: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• sarvām: entire; all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• purā: before; earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• karoti: makes; renders
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Pṛthivī (the earth/realm)