Shloka 6

गान्धारी-प्रशमनम् — Pacification of Gāndhārī and Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel at Hāstinapura

Devanagari script

तत्रैतान्‌ पर्युपातिष्ठन्‌ दुर्योधनपुर:सरा: । कृताञ्जलिपुटा राजन्‌ काषायमलिनाम्बरा:,राजन! वहाँ दुर्योधनके आगे-आगे चलनेवाले सेवकगण मलिन भगवा वस्त्र पहनकर हाथ जोड़े हुए इन पाण्डवोंके समक्ष उपस्थित हुए

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tatraitān paryupātiṣṭhan duryodhana-puraḥsarāḥ | kṛtāñjali-puṭā rājan kāṣāya-malina-ambarāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, O King, the attendants who went in front of Duryodhana came and stood before these Pāṇḍavas. With their hands joined in reverence, and wearing soiled saffron garments, they presented themselves—an outward show of humility amid the harsh moral atmosphere of war and diplomacy.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एतान्: these (persons)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परि: around; fully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि

• उपातिष्ठन्: stood near; attended; approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था (√स्था)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दुर्योधन-पुरःसराः: those led by Duryodhana; with Duryodhana in front
• दुर्योधन-पुरःसराः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुरःसर (दुर्योधन-पुरःसर)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृत-अञ्जलि-पुटाः: with hands folded (having made a joined-palm gesture)
• कृत-अञ्जलि-पुटाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताञ्जलिपुट (कृत + अञ्जलि + पुट)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• काषाय-मलिन-अम्बराः: wearing soiled ochre garments
• काषाय-मलिन-अम्बराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अम्बर (काषायमलिनाम्बर)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas
• attendants/servants (puraḥsarāḥ)
• kāṣāya (ochre garments)
• añjali (joined hands gesture)