Shloka 17

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reception Plan for Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa): Gifts, Procession, and Protocol

Devanagari script

एतदू विधाय वै सर्व देवारहमतिमानुषम्‌ । आचर्ख्यौ धृतराष्ट्राय राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा,मनुष्योंके लिये अत्यन्त दुर्लभ यह सब देवोचित व्यवस्था करके राजा दुर्योधनने धृतराष्ट्रको इसकी सूचना दे दी

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

etad u vidhāya vai sarvaṃ devārham atimānuṣam |

ācarkhyau dhṛtarāṣṭrāya rājā duryodhanas tadā ||

Translation

ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਲਈ ਅਤਿ ਦੁਲਭ ਅਤੇ ਦੇਵ-ਯੋਗ ਇਹ ਸਾਰੀ ਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਕਰ ਕੇ, ਰਾਜਾ ਦੁਰਯੋਧਨ ਨੇ ਤਦ ਧ੍ਰਿਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਦੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤੀ।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उ: indeed/and (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• विधाय: having arranged/done
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral (absolutive)

• वै: indeed/certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सर्वाम्: entire/all (of it)
• सर्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• देव-अर्हाम्: worthy of the gods; god-befitting
• देव-अर्हाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव + अर्ह (अर्हा)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अति-मानुषम्: beyond human; superhuman
• अति-मानुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + मानुष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचख्यौ: he reported/told
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धृतराष्ट्राय: to Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra