Shloka 123

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच श्यामो य एष रक्ताक्षो बृहच्छाल इवोत्थित: । व्यूढोरस्को महाबाहुर्नकुलो यक्ष जीवतु,युधिष्ठिर बोले--यक्ष! यह जो श्यामवर्ण, अरुणनयन, सुविशाल शालवृक्षके समान ऊँचा और चौड़ी छातीवाला महाबाहु नकुल है, वही जीवित हो जाय

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: śyāmo ya eṣa raktākṣo bṛhacchāla ivotthitaḥ | vyūḍhorasko mahābāhur nakulo yakṣa jīvatu ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Yakṣa, let Nakula live—this dark-complexioned hero with reddish eyes, towering like a great śāla tree, broad-chested and mighty-armed.”

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

उवाचsaid

यक्षO Yakṣa

श्यामःdark-complexioned

यःwho

एषःthis

रक्ताक्षःred-eyed

बृहच्छालःlike a great śāla-tree (great-śāla)

इवlike, as

उत्थितःrisen, standing up

व्यूढोरस्कःbroad-chested

महाबाहुःmighty-armed

नकुलःNakula

जीवतुlet (him) live

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Yakṣa

Nakula

śāla tree

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes