Shloka 44

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

तौ स राजा जरासंध: श्रुत्वा च निधनं गतौ । पुरं शून्येन मनसा प्रययौं भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ उन दोनोंकी मृत्यु हुई सुनकर राजा जरासंध हताश हो गया और उत्साहशून्य हृदयसे अपनी राजधानीको लौट गया

Transliteration

tau sa rājā jarāsandhaḥ śrutvā ca nidhanaṃ gatau | puraṃ śūnyena manasā prayayau bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

バーラタ族の雄よ、その二人が死んだと聞くと、ジャラーサンダ王は決意を失い、虚ろな心のまま都へ引き返した。

Word by Word

• तौ: those two (men)
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जरासन्धः: Jarāsandha
• जरासन्धः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरासन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• निधनम्: death, destruction
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतौ: gone (to death), deceased
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शून्येन: empty, devoid (with)
• शून्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शून्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: with (his) mind/heart
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रययौ: went forth, departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Perfect (past narrative), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jarāsandha
• capital city (puram)
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)