Shloka 276

बभ्रुवाहन-धनंजययोः संग्रामः

Babhruvāhana and Dhanaṃjaya’s engagement at Maṇipūra

Devanagari script

क्वासाविति ततो राजन्‌ दुःशला वाक्यमत्रवीत्‌ । राजन! दुःशलाके ऐसा कहनेपर अर्जुनने उस बालकके पिताके विषयमें जिज्ञासा प्रकट करते हुए पूछा--“बहिन! सुरथ कहाँ है?' तब दुःशला बोली--

Transliteration

kvāsāv iti tato rājan duḥśalā vākyam abravīt |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Kemudian, wahai raja, Duḥśalā menuturkan kata-kata ini. Dalam alur kisah, setelah Arjuna—tergerak oleh kebimbangan dan rasa tanggungjawab kekeluargaan—bertanya tentang bapa kanak-kanak itu, “Wahai adikku, di manakah Suratha?”, Duḥśalā pun mula menjawab.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'kvā', 'definition': 'where?'}, {'term': 'asau', 'definition': 'that person

• he (there)'}, {'term': 'iti', 'definition': 'thus

• indicating quoted speech'}, {'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'rājan', 'definition': 'O king (vocative address)'}, {'term': 'Duḥśalā', 'definition': 'Duḥśalā (name of a woman, sister of the Kuru princes)'}, {'term': 'vākyam', 'definition': 'speech

• words'}, {'term': 'abravīt', 'definition': 'said

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duḥśalā
• Arjuna
• Suratha
• King (listener addressed as rājan)