Shloka 49

Vyāsa’s Inquiry into Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Tapas and the Identification of Vidura with Dharma

Devanagari script

जनन्या समुपाघ्राता: परिष्वक्ताश्न ते नृपम्‌ । चक्कुः प्रदक्षिणं सर्वे वत्सा इव निवारणे

Transliteration

jananyā samupāghrātāḥ pariṣvaktāś ca te nṛpam | cakṣuḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ sarve vatsā iva nivāraṇe ||

Translation

Юдхиштхира сказал: «Те женщины, приблизившись, с любовью вдохнули запах головы своей матери и обняли её; затем все они с благоговением обратили взоры к тебе, о царь, — словно телята, обходящие кругом мать в загоне.»

Word by Word

• जनन्या: by the mother
• जनन्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• समुपाघ्राताः: having been smelled/sniffed (affectionately)
• समुपाघ्राताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-घ्रा (धातु: घ्रा)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• परिष्वक्ताः: having been embraced
• परिष्वक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-स्वज् (धातु: स्वज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• अश्नते: they eat / partake
• अश्नते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Present, Lat, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रुः: they did / they made
• चक्रुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, Lit, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (keeping to the right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वत्साः: calves / young ones
• वत्साः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• निवारणे: in (the act of) restraining/holding back
• निवारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• नृप (the king)