Shloka 18

Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

अहस्सु विहरानेन यथाकामं॑ मनोजवा | अयं त्वानयितव्यस्ते भीमसेन: सदा निशि,तुम मनके समान वेगसे चलने-फिरनेवाली हो, अतः दिनभर तो तुम इनके साथ अपनी इच्छाके अनुसार विहार करो, परंतु रातको सदा ही तुम्हें भीमसेनको (हमारे पास) पहुँचा देना होगा

Transliteration

ahaḥsu viharaṇena yathākāmaṃ manojavā | ayaṃ tvānayitavyas te bhīmasenaḥ sadā niśi ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O swift-moving one, by day you may roam as you please and take your recreation at will. But every night, Bhīmasena must unfailingly be brought back to us.”

Word by Word

• अहःसु: in the days / by day
• अहःसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विहारानेन: by roaming / by recreation
• विहारानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथाकामम्: as desired / at will
• यथाकामम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + काम

• मनोजवा: O swift as the mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोजव
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• आनयितव्यः: is to be brought / must be led
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी
• Form: Gerundive (तव्यत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)