Shloka 54

चित्रसेन-समागमः / The Engagement with Citrasena and the Gandharvas

Devanagari script

मयि सर्व समासज्य कुटुम्बं भरतर्षभा: । उपासनरता: सर्वे घटयन्ति वरानने,“वरानने! भरतश्रेष्ठ पाण्डव कुटुम्बका सारा भार मुझपर ही रखकर उपासनामें लगे रहते और तदनुरूप चेष्टा करते थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

mayi sarva-samāsajya kuṭumbaṃ bharatarṣabhāḥ |

upāsanarātāḥ sarve ghaṭayanti varānane ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O fair-faced lady, the best of the Bharatas would place the entire burden of the household upon me, and all of them—devoted to acts of reverent service—would remain engaged in worshipful duties and strive accordingly.”

Word by Word

• मयि: in/onto me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Saptami, Ekavacana

• सर्वम्: everything, the whole (burden)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• समासज्य: having placed/laid (upon), having entrusted
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सञ्ज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —, —, —

• कुटुम्बम्: family/household
• कुटुम्बम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटुम्ब
• Form: Napumsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana

• भरतर्षभाः: O bulls among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Pumān, Sambodhana, Bahuvacana

• उपासन-रताः: devoted to worship/service
• उपासन-रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपासनारत
• Form: Pumān, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Pumān, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• घटयन्ति: they bring about/undertake/strive (accordingly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √घट् (घटयति)
• Form: Lat (Present), Prathama, Bahuvacana, Parasmaipada

• वरानने: O fair-faced lady
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वरानना
• Form: Strī, Sambodhana, Ekavacana

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatas (Bharata lineage)
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by 'bharatarṣabhāḥ')
• kuṭumba (household/domestic establishment)