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Shloka 20

ऋतुपर्णस्य विदर्भयात्रा-निश्चयः तथा बाहुकस्य हयपरिक्षा (Ṛtuparṇa’s resolve to go to Vidarbha and Bāhuka’s examination of horses)

दारकौ च हि मे नीतौ वसतस्तत्र बालकौ । पित्रा विहीनौ शोकार्तो मया चैव कथं नु तौ,“मैंने अपने बच्चोंको पहले ही कुण्डिनपुर भेज दिया था। वे वहीं रहते हैं। पितासे तो उनका वियोग हो ही गया है; मुझसे भी वे बिछुड़ गये हैं, ऐसी दशामें वे शोकार्त बालक कैसे रहते होंगे?

dārakau ca hi me nītau vasatastatra bālakau | pitrā vihīnau śokārto mayā caiva kathaṃ nu tau ||

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Indeed, I had already sent my two little children away; they are living there. They have already been deprived of their father, and now they are separated from me as well. In such a condition, how can those grief-stricken boys possibly be living?”

दारकौtwo children/sons
दारकौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदारक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
मेof me / my
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
नीतौled/taken (away)
नीतौ:
TypeVerb
Rootनी (√नी)
Formkta (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual
वसतःdwelling/living
वसतः:
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (√वस्)
Formśatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Dual
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
बालकौtwo boys
बालकौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबालक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
पित्राby/with the father
पित्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
विहीनौdeprived (of)
विहीनौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootविहीन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
शोक-आर्तौafflicted by grief
शोक-आर्तौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootशोक + आर्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
मयाby me / from me (as cause of separation)
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
also/and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual

युदेव उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
T
two children (sons)