Shloka 29

एकचक्रानिवासे ब्राह्मणगृहदुःखश्रवणम् | Hearing the Brāhmaṇa Household’s Distress at Ekacakrā

Devanagari script

निवत्ते विदुरे चापि भीष्मे पौरजने तथा । अजातशशत्रुमासाद्य कुन्ती वचनमब्रवीत्‌,विदुर, भीष्मजी तथा नगरनिवासियोंके लौट जानेपर कुन्ती अजातशत्रु युधिष्ठिरके पास जाकर बोली--

Transliteration

nivatte vidure cāpi bhīṣme paurajane tathā | ajātaśatrum āsādya kuntī vacanam abravīt ||

Translation

Когда Видура удалился, и Бхишма с горожанами также разошлись, Кунти подошла к Аджаташатру (Юдхиштхире) и заговорила с ним.

Word by Word

• निवृत्ते: when (he) had returned
• निवृत्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विदुरे: in/with Vidura (having returned)
• विदुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भीष्मे: in/with Bhishma (having returned)
• भीष्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पौरजने: among the townspeople/citizens
• पौरजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरजन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अजातशत्रुम्: Ajatashatru (Yudhishthira), 'one whose enemy is not born'
• अजातशत्रुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजातशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached/meeting
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कुन्ती: Kunti
• कुन्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वचनम्: words/speech
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• Bhīṣma
• Paurajana (citizens of the city)
• Kuntī
• Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira)