Shloka 32

Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)

Devanagari script

सात्यकिस्त्वाशु निष्क्रम्य केशवस्य समीपत: । दारुक॑ प्राह कृष्णस्य युज्यतां रथ इत्युत,आज्ञा पाते ही सात्यकि श्रीकृष्णके पाससे तुरंत बाहर निकल गये और दारुकसे बोले --“भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णका रथ तैयार करो”

Transliteration

sātyakis tv āśu niṣkramya keśavasya samīpataḥ | dārukaṃ prāha kṛṣṇasya yujyatāṃ ratha ity uta ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Sātyaki segera beredar dari sisi Keśava lalu berkata kepada Dāruka, sais Kṛṣṇa: “Pasangkan kuda dan sediakan kereta Kṛṣṇa.”

Word by Word

• सात्यकिः: Satyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• निष्क्रम्य: having gone out
• Type: Verb
• Root: निष्क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• केशवस्य: of Keshava (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समीपतः: from near/away from the vicinity
• समीपतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीप
• Form: ablatival adverb (tasil)

• दारुकम्: Daruka
• दारुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राह: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• युज्यताम्: let (it) be yoked/prepared
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, passive/impersonal sense: 'let it be yoked/prepared'

• रथः: the chariot
• रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उत: and/also (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sātyaki
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dāruka
• Kṛṣṇa’s chariot (ratha)