Shloka 20

Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition

Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching

Devanagari script

उत्तडुक उवाच यस्माच्छक्तेन ते कृष्ण न त्राता: कुरुपुड्रवा: । सम्बन्धिन: प्रियास्तस्माच्छप्स्ये5हं त्वामसंशयम्‌,उत्तंक बोले--श्रीकृष्ण! कौरव तुम्हारे प्रिय सम्बन्धी थे, तथापि शक्ति रखते हुए भी तुमने उनकी रक्षा न की। इसलिये मैं तुम्हें अवश्य शाप दूँगा

Transliteration

uttaṅka uvāca | yasmāc chaktena te kṛṣṇa na trātāḥ kurupuṅgavāḥ | sambandhinaḥ priyās tasmāc chapsye'haṃ tvām asaṃśayam ||

Translation

ウッタンカは言った。「クリシュナよ。汝には力がありながら、クル族の中でも重き者たるカウラヴァを救わなかった。彼らは汝の愛する縁者であったがゆえに、我は疑いなく汝に呪いを下す。」

Word by Word

• उत्तङ्कः: Uttanka
• उत्तङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• यस्मात्: because (from which reason)
• यस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• शक्तेन: being able / with power
• शक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• त्राताः: protectors / saviors
• त्राताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुरु-पाण्डवाः: the Kurus and the Pandavas
• कुरु-पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्बन्धिनः: relatives
• सम्बन्धिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रियाः: dear
• प्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• शप्स्ये: I will curse
• शप्स्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप्
• Form: Simple Future, First, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• असंशयम्: without doubt / certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅka
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kuru(s) (Kurupuṅgava—foremost Kuru heroes)