Shloka 2

Droṇa–Drupada Saṃvāda and Droṇa’s Reception at the Kuru Court (द्रोण-द्रुपद-संवादः; कुरुनगरप्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

पाण्डुरुवाच एवमेतत्‌ पुरा कुन्ति व्युषिताश्वश्चकार ह | यथा त्वयोक्तं कल्याणि स ह्वासीदमरोपम:,पाण्डु बोले--कुन्ती! तुम्हारा कहना ठीक है। पूर्वकालमें राजा व्युषिताश्वने जैसा तुमने कहा है, वैसा ही किया था। कल्याणी! वे देवताओंके समान तेजस्वी थे

Transliteration

Pāṇḍur uvāca: evam etat purā Kunti vyuṣitāśvaś cakāra ha | yathā tvayoktaṃ kalyāṇi sa hvāsīd amaropamaḥ ||

Translation

Pāṇḍu said: “So it was indeed, Kuntī. In former times King Vyuṣitāśva acted exactly as you have described. O auspicious lady, he was radiant, like one of the gods.”

Word by Word

पाण्डुःPandu

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus, in this way

एतत्this (is)

पुराformerly, in the past

कुन्तिO Kunti

व्युषिताश्वःVyushitashva (a king)

चकारdid, performed

हindeed (emphatic particle)

यथाas, just as

त्वयाby you

उक्तम्said, spoken

कल्याणिO auspicious one

सःhe

ह्वindeed (particle; variant of ह/हैव)

आसीत्was

अमर-उपमःcomparable to the immortals (gods)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pāṇḍu

Kuntī

Vyuṣitāśva

Amaras (devas, ‘immortals’)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes