Shloka 23

गालवेन उशीनरराजसमागमः

Gālava’s Audience with King Uśīnara

Devanagari script

दिवोदासो<थ धर्मात्मा समये गालवस्य ताम्‌ | कन्यां निर्यातयामास स्थित: सत्ये महीपति:

Transliteration

divodāso 'tha dharmātmā samaye gālavasya tām | kanyāṁ niryātayāmāsa sthitaḥ satye mahīpatiḥ ||

Translation

ਤਦ ਧਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਦਿਵੋਦਾਸ, ਸੱਚ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਡੋਲ ਉਹ ਮਹੀਪਤੀ, ਨਿਯਤ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੇ ਗਾਲਵ ਨੂੰ ਉਹ ਕੁੜੀ ਸੌਂਪ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• दिवोदासः: Divodāsa (proper name)
• दिवोदासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवोदास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled (one whose self is dharma)
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समये: at the time/occasion
• समये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गालवस्य: of Gālava
• Type: Noun
• Root: गालव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ताम्: that (her)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कन्याम्: maiden/daughter
• कन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• निर्यातयामास: sent forth/handed over (gave away)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-यत् (प्रेरणे) / निर्यातय् (causative stem)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), Third, Singular

• स्थितः: standing/abiding
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्ये: in truth / in (his) truthfulness
• सत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महीपतिः: king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

दिवोदास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Divodāsa
• Gālava
• kanyā (the maiden)