Shloka 10

Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians

Book 3, Chapter 42

Devanagari script

तथा तर्कयतस्तस्य फाल्गुनस्याथ मातलि: । संनतः प्रस्थितो भूत्वा वाक्यमर्जुनमब्रवीत्‌,इस प्रकार विचार करते हुए अर्जुनके सम्मुख उपस्थित हो मातलिने विनीतभावसे कहा

Transliteration

tathā tarkayatastasya phālgunasya atha mātaliḥ | saṃnataḥ prasthito bhūtvā vākyam arjunam abravīt ||

Translation

As Arjuna (Phālguna) was thus reflecting, Mātali approached him with respectful humility. Having bowed and made ready to speak, he addressed Arjuna—signaling that counsel and duty are to be offered with reverence, especially when a hero is weighing the right course of action.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तर्कयतः: of (him) thinking/reflecting
• तर्कयतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्कय्
• Form: Present participle (Shatru), Parasmaipada (active), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• फाल्गुनस्य: of Phalguna (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then, now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• मातलिः: Matali (Indra's charioteer)
• मातलिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संनतः: bowed down, respectfully bent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रस्थितः: set out, proceeded
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था
• Form: Past participle (kta), Active sense, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूत्वा: having become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• वाक्यम्: speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Phālguna
• Mātali