Shloka 40

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

आमन्त्रणार्थ दूतांस्त्वं प्रेषयस्वाशुगान्‌ द्रुतम्‌ । उपश्रुत्य वचो राज्ञ: स दूतान्‌ प्राहिणोत्‌ तदा

Transliteration

āmantṛaṇārtha dūtāṁs tvaṁ preṣayasvāśugān drutam | upaśrutya vaco rājñaḥ sa dūtān prāhiṇot tadā ||

Translation

«សម្រាប់ការអញ្ជើញ ចូរផ្ញើទូតលឿនៗទៅភ្លាម»។ ពេលសហទេវបានឮព្រះបន្ទូលរបស់ព្រះរាជា គាត់ក៏បានផ្ញើទូតចេញទៅភ្លាមៗ។

Word by Word

• आमन्त्रणार्थम्: for the purpose of invitation
• आमन्त्रणार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमन्त्रणार्थ (आमन्त्रण + अर्थ)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दूतान्: messengers
• दूतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• प्रेषयस्व: send
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (प्रेषयति)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• आशुगान्: swift-going, fast
• आशुगान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुग (आशु + ग)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत

• उपश्रुत्य: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• दूतान्: messengers
• दूतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राहिणोत्: sent forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हि (प्रहिणोति)
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• Sahadeva
• dūta (messengers/envoys)
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dhārmic ruler acts through proper procedure: public undertakings are begun by respectful invitation and consultation, honoring both political peers (kings) and spiritual authorities (brāhmaṇas).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira instructs that swift envoys be sent to invite others; Sahadeva, upon hearing the king’s words, promptly dispatches the messengers.