Shloka 28

Dhanañjaya-viraha-śoka and the Resolve to Enter Gandhamādana (धनंजय-विरह-शोकः गन्धमादन-प्रवेश-संकल्पश्च)

Devanagari script

ते वयं नियतात्मान: पर्वतं गन्धमादनम्‌ । प्रवेक्ष्यामो मिताहारा धनंजयदिदृक्षव:,अतः हमलोग भी अर्जुनको देखनेकी इच्छासे अपने मनको संयममें रखकर स्वल्पाहार करते हुए गन्धमादनकी पर्वतमालाओंमें प्रवेश करेंगे

Transliteration

te vayaṁ niyatātmānaḥ parvataṁ gandhamādanam | pravekṣyāmo mitāhārā dhanaṁjayadidṛkṣavaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Then we too—self-controlled and living on scant food—shall enter the Gandhamādana mountain, driven by the desire to see Dhanañjaya (Arjuna).”

Word by Word

• ते: they / those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Plural

• नियतात्मानः: self-controlled (with restrained mind)
• नियतात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्वतम्: mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गन्धमादनम्: Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवेक्ष्यामः: we shall enter
• प्रवेक्ष्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मिताहाराः: moderate in food / eating little
• मिताहाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिताहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धनंजय: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दिदृक्षवः: wishing to see
• दिदृक्षवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिदृक्षु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)
• Gandhamādana Mountain