Shloka 21

मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

काममूर्तिधर: क्रूर: कालकल्पो व्यदृश्यत । तमुवाच ततो राजा दीर्घप्रज्ञो युधिष्ठिर:

Transliteration

kāmamūrtidharaḥ krūraḥ kālakalpo vyadṛśyata | tam uvāca tato rājā dīrghaprajño yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

അവൻ ക്രൂരനായി, ഇഷ്ടമുള്ള രൂപം ധരിച്ചു, സംഹാരകാലംപോലെ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. അപ്പോൾ ദീർഘപ്രജ്ഞനായ രാജാവ് യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ അവനോട് സംസാരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• काममूर्तिधरः: bearing a desired form (assuming any form at will)
• काममूर्तिधरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काममूर्तिधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रूरः: cruel, fierce
• क्रूरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालकल्पः: like Time (Death), time-like
• कालकल्पः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यदृश्यत: was seen, appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीर्घप्रज्ञः: one of far-reaching wisdom
• दीर्घप्रज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घप्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• a cruel shape-shifting being (unnamed)
• Kāla (Time/Death, as a concept)