Shloka 43

धृष्टद्युम्नेन समागतक्षत्रियगणगणना

Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Enumeration of Assembled Kṣatriyas

Devanagari script

ततः प्रविष्टे राजर्षो तस्मिंस्तत्‌ पुरमुत्तमम्‌ । राज्ञस्तस्याज्ञया देवी वसिष्ठमुपचक्रमे,राजर्षि कल्माषपादके उस उत्तम नगरीमें प्रवेश करनेके पश्चात्‌ उक्त महाराजकी आज्ञाके अनुसार महारानी (मदयन्ती) महर्षि वसिष्ठजीके समीप गयीं

Transliteration

tataḥ praviṣṭe rājarṣau tasmiṁs tat puram uttamam | rājñas tasyājñayā devī vasiṣṭham upacakrame ||

Translation

After the royal sage had entered that excellent city, the queen—acting on the command of that king—approached the great seer Vasiṣṭha. The episode underscores disciplined obedience to rightful authority and the recourse to a venerable teacher for guidance in a delicate moral situation.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb)

• प्रविष्टे: having entered / when (he) had entered
• प्रविष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रविष्ट (प्र + √विश्)
• Form: Past passive participle; locative singular (masc./neut.) used as locative absolute

• राजर्षौ: in/when the royal sage (was)
• राजर्षौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine; locative singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter; locative singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter; accusative singular

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter; accusative singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter; accusative singular (agreeing with पुरम्)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine; genitive singular

• तस्य: of him, his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine; genitive singular

• आज्ञया: by (his) command
• आज्ञया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा
• Form: Feminine; instrumental singular

• देवी: the queen, lady
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine; nominative singular

• वसिष्ठम्: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine; accusative singular

• उपचक्रमे: approached, went near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √क्रम्
• Form: Perfect (liṭ); 3rd person singular; Parasmaipada

Speaker

गन्धर्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kalmaṣapāda (rājarṣi)
• Madayantī (devī, queen)
• Vasiṣṭha (ṛṣi)
• the excellent city (puram uttamam)