Shloka 5

दमयन्तीवाक्य-प्रेषणम्

Damayantī’s Message and the Dispatch of Brahmin Envoys

Devanagari script

ऋचतुपर्ण उवाच वस बाहुक भद्रं ते सर्वमेतत्‌ करिष्यसि । शीघ्रयाने सदा बुद्धिर्ध्रियते मे विशेषत:,ऋतुपर्णने कहा--बाहुक! तुम्हारा भला हो। तुम मेरे यहाँ निवास करो। ये सब कार्य तुम्हें करने होंगे। मेरे मनमें सदा यही विचार विशेषतः रहता है कि मैं शीघ्रतापूर्वक कहीं भी पहुँच सकूँ

Transliteration

ṛtupārṇa uvāca | vasa bāhuka bhadraṃ te sarvam etat kariṣyasi | śīghrayāne sadā buddhir dhriyate me viśeṣataḥ ||

Translation

R̥tupārṇa said: “Stay here, Bāhuka; may good be yours. You will carry out all these tasks. For my mind is always, and especially, fixed on swift travel—on reaching any place quickly.”

Word by Word

• ऋतुपर्णः: R̥tupārṇa
• ऋतुपर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतुपर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• वस: dwell / stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• बाहुक: O Bāhuka
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहुक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भद्रम्: good fortune / auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Simple Future, Second, Singular

• शीघ्रयाने: in swift driving / in fast travel
• शीघ्रयाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीघ्रयान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• बुद्धिः: thought / intention
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्रियते: is held / is maintained
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive (Ātmanepada form used as passive)

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• विशेषतः: especially
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः

Speaker

ऋचतुपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ऋतुपर्ण (R̥tupārṇa)
• बाहुक (Bāhuka)