Shloka 23

अध्याय ८ — शल्यस्य सत्कारः, वरदानं, पाण्डवसमागमश्च (Śalya’s Reception, the Boon, and Meeting the Pāṇḍavas)

Devanagari script

शल्य उवाच क्षिप्रमेष्यामि भद्रं ते गच्छस्व स्वपुरं नूप । परिष्वज्य तथान्योन्यं शल्यदुर्योधनावुभौ

Transliteration

śalya uvāca | kṣipram eṣyāmi bhadraṃ te gacchasva svapuraṃ nṛpa | pariṣvajya tathānyonyaṃ śalya-duryodhanāv ubhau ||

Translation

シャリヤは言った。「すぐに戻ろう。汝に吉祥あれ。王よ、己が都へ行け。」そう言い終えると、シャリヤとドゥルヨーダナは互いに抱擁し、別れて去った。

Word by Word

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• एष्यामि: I shall come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Future (Simple Future), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भद्रम्: welfare, good fortune
• भद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• गच्छस्व: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• स्वपुरम्: your own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परिष्वज्य: having embraced
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-स्वञ्ज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

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

• अन्योन्यम्: each other, mutually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• शल्य-दुर्योधनौ: Shalya and Duryodhana
• शल्य-दुर्योधनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य + दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभौ: both
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Duryodhana
• nṛpa (king, addressee)
• svapura (one's own city)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how social decorum—blessings, promises of swift return, and affectionate gestures—operates within political life; ethical discernment is needed because courteous speech may coexist with strategic calculation in the approach to conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śalya tells Duryodhana to return to his city and assures him he will come soon; then Śalya and Duryodhana embrace each other and take leave, marking a courteous conclusion to their meeting amid the mobilization leading toward war.