Shloka 7

Setubandha-Niścaya (Decision for the Causeway) and Vānara-Senā Saṃniveśa — Bridge Strategy and Alliance Consolidation

Devanagari script

प्राचीं राजा दक्षिणां भीमसेनो जय: प्रतीचीं यमजावुदीचीम्‌ । मन्ये तु तेषां रथसत्तमानां कालो$भित: प्राप्त इहोपयातुम्‌,स्वयं राजा युधिष्ठिर पूर्व दिशामें गये हैं, भीमसेन दक्षिण दिशामें, अर्जुन पश्चिम दिशामें और नकुल-सहदेव उत्तर दिशामें गये हैं। मैं समझती हूँ, अब उन महारथियोंके सब ओरसे यहाँ पहुँचनेका समय हो गया है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

prācīṃ rājā dakṣiṇāṃ bhīmaseno jayaḥ pratīcīṃ yamajāv udīcīm |

manye tu teṣāṃ rathasattamānāṃ kālo 'bhitaḥ prāpta iho payātum ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “The king has gone to the east; Bhīmasena to the south; Arjuna, the conqueror, to the west; and the twin brothers (Nakula and Sahadeva) to the north. I think the time has now come for those foremost of chariot-warriors to arrive here from all directions.”

Word by Word

• {'prācīm': 'to the east (eastern direction)', 'rājā': 'the king (here, Yudhiṣṭhira)', 'dakṣiṇām': 'to the south (southern direction)', 'bhīmasenaḥ': 'Bhīmasena (Bhīma)', 'jayaḥ': 'the victorious one

• conqueror (epithet, here of Arjuna)', 'pratīcīm': 'to the west (western direction)', 'yamajau': 'the twin brothers (Nakula and Sahadeva)', 'udīcīm': 'to the north (northern direction)', 'manye': 'I think

• I consider', 'tu': 'indeed

• but (emphatic/contrastive particle)', 'teṣām': 'of them', 'rathasattamānām': 'of the best among chariot-warriors', 'kālaḥ': 'time

• the proper moment', 'abhitaḥ': 'from all sides

• on every side', 'prāptaḥ': 'has arrived

• has come', 'iha': 'here', 'upayātum': 'to come near

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Arjuna
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• the four directions (east, south, west, north)