Shloka 34

Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)

Devanagari script

एवं विचार्य बहुशो वार्ष्णेय: पर्यचिन्तयत्‌ । हृदयेन महाराज पुण्यश्लोकस्य सारथि:,महाराज युधिष्ठिर! इस प्रकार पुण्यश्लोक नलके सारथि वार्ष्णेयने बार-बार उपर्युक्त रूपसे विचार करते हुए मन-ही-मन उक्त धारणा बना ली

Transliteration

evaṁ vicārya bahuśo vārṣṇeyaḥ paryacintayat | hṛdayena mahārāja puṇyaślokasya sārathiḥ |

Translation

Assim, após refletir muitas vezes, Vārṣṇeya—o cocheiro do rei Nala, célebre por sua virtude—ponderou profundamente no coração, ó grande rei, e no íntimo chegou a uma resolução firme.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विचार्य: having considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः

• वार्ष्णेयः: Vārṣṇeya (a Vrishni-descendant; here: Nala's charioteer)
• वार्ष्णेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पर्यचिन्तयत्: pondered, reflected
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-चिन्त्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• हृदयेन: with (his) heart, in his mind
• हृदयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पुण्यश्लोकस्य: of the famed/virtuous one (Punyashloka = Nala)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यश्लोक
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• सारथिः: charioteer
• सारथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

ऋचुपर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vārṣṇeya
• Nala (Puṇyaśloka)
• Yudhiṣṭhira