Shloka 9

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 73 — Kr̥ṣṇa’s Appraisal of Bhīma’s Altered Temper and Reaffirmation of Martial Resolve

Devanagari script

पुरा प्रसन्ना: कुरव: सहपुत्रास्तथा वयम्‌ । इन्द्रज्येष्ठा इवा भूम मोदमाना: सबान्धवा:

Transliteration

purā prasannāḥ kuravaḥ sahaputrās tathā vayam | indrajyeṣṭhā iva bhūma modamānāḥ sabāndhavāḥ ||

Translation

മുന്‍കാലത്ത് പുത്രന്മാരോടുകൂടിയ കുരുക്കളും ഞങ്ങളും എല്ലാ ബന്ധുക്കളോടും കൂടി പ്രസന്നരായിരുന്നു; ഇന്ദ്രനെ ജ്യേഷ്ഠനാക്കി ദേവന്മാർ ഒരുമിച്ച് ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ ഞങ്ങളും ഏകതയിൽ ഹർഷിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• प्रसन्नाः: pleased, cheerful
• प्रसन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुरवः: the Kurus
• कुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इन्द्र: Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्येष्ठाः: elders, foremost
• ज्येष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भूम: O king / O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मोदमानाḥ: rejoicing
• मोदमानाḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• बान्धवाः: kinsmen, relatives
• बान्धवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhima
• Kurus
• sons of the Kurus
• Indra
• kinsmen/relatives (bāndhava)