Shloka 51

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४० (कृष्णेन कर्णं प्रति पाण्डवबल-वैशिष्ट्यप्रदर्शनम्) / Udyoga Parva, Chapter 140

Krishna’s appraisal of Pandava advantage and war portents

Devanagari script

रुदत्य: सह गान्धार्या श्वगृध्रकुरराकुले । स यज्ञेडस्मिन्नवभूथो भविष्यति जनार्दन

Transliteration

rudatyaḥ saha gāndhāryā śvagṛdhrakurarākule | sa yajñe 'sminn avabhūtho bhaviṣyati janārdana ||

Translation

गांधारी रडत असताना, कुत्रे, गिधाडे आणि कुरर पक्ष्यांनी गजबजलेल्या या कोलाहलात—हे जनार्दन—हेच या यज्ञाचे अवभृथ-स्नान, म्हणजे समारोपाचे शुद्धिस्नान ठरेल.

Word by Word

• रुदत्यः: crying, weeping
• रुदत्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुदत् (√रुद्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• गान्धार्या: with Gandhārī
• गान्धार्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धारी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्वगृध्रकुरराकुले: in (a place) crowded with dogs, vultures, and ospreys
• श्वगृध्रकुरराकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्व + गृध्र + कुरर + आकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अवभूथः: the concluding bath (avabhṛtha)
• अवभूथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवभूथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Gandhari
• Janardana (Krishna)
• dogs
• vultures
• kurara (osprey/fish-eagle)
• yajña (sacrifice)
• avabhṛtha (concluding bath)