Shloka 9

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

भीमो युधिष्ठिरश्नैव माद्रीपुत्रो च पृष्ठत: । अन्धका वृष्णयश्चैव प्रद्युम्नप्रमुखास्तत:

Transliteration

bhīmo yudhiṣṭhiraś caiva mādrīputro ca pṛṣṭhataḥ | andhakā vṛṣṇayaś caiva pradyumnapramukhās tataḥ ||

Translation

ഭീമനും യുധിഷ്ഠിരനും, കൂടാതെ മാദ്രിപുത്രൻ (നകുലൻ/സഹദേവൻ) പിന്നിലായി നിന്നു. അതിനുശേഷം പ്രദ്യുമ്നനെ മുൻനിർത്തി അന്ധകരും വൃഷ്ണികളും മുന്നേറി.

Word by Word

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• माद्रीपुत्रः: the son of Madri (Nakula/Sahadeva)
• माद्रीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पृष्ठतः: from behind/at the rear
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतस्

• अन्धकाः: the Andhakas
• अन्धकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वृष्णयः: the Vrishnis
• वृष्णयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: also/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• प्रद्युम्नप्रमुखाः: having Pradyumna as foremost (led by Pradyumna)
• प्रद्युम्नप्रमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रद्युम्नप्रमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Mādrī
• Mādrīputra (Nakula/Sahadeva)
• Andhakas
• Vṛṣṇis
• Pradyumna