Shloka 12

Chapter 6: Dāruka’s Report; Arjuna Witnesses Dvārakā’s Desolation (दारुकवृत्तान्तः—अर्जुनस्य द्वारकादर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

गान्धारान्‌ काशिराजं च मरुभूमौ च पार्थिवान्‌ | प्राच्यांश्व दाक्षिणात्यांश्व॒ पार्वतीयांस्तथा नृपान्‌

Transliteration

gāndhārān kāśirājaṃ ca marubhūmau ca pārthivān | prācyāṃś ca dākṣiṇātyāṃś ca pārvatīyāṃs tathā nṛpān ||

Translation

ಗಾಂಧಾರರ ರಾಜರನ್ನು, ಕಾಶಿರಾಜನನ್ನು, ಮರುಭೂಮಿಯ ಪಾರ್ಥಿವರನ್ನು, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಪ್ರಾಚ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾತ್ಯ—ಮತ್ತೂ ಪರ್ವತ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ—ನೃಪರನ್ನು (ನಾನು/ಅವರು) ಒಂದಾಗಿ (ಅಥವಾ ಅಧೀನವಾಗಿ) ಕಂಡೆ.

Word by Word

• गान्धारान्: the Gandhāras (people/kings of Gandhāra)
• गान्धारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• काशिराजम्: the king of Kāśī
• काशिराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशिराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• मरुभूमौ: in the desert-region
• मरुभूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुभूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• पार्थिवान्: kings, rulers
• पार्थिवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राच्यान्: eastern (kings/people)
• प्राच्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राच्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• दाक्षिणात्यान्: southern (kings/people)
• दाक्षिणात्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाक्षिणात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• पार्वतीयान्: mountain(-dwelling) (kings/people)
• पार्वतीयान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्वतीय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• नृपान्: kings
• नृपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वसुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva
• Gandhāra
• Kāśī (Kāśirāja)
• Marubhūmi (desert region)
• Prācya (eastern regions)
• Dākṣiṇātya (southern regions)
• Pārvatīya (mountain regions)