Shloka 18

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament on Kāla and Daiva after Draupadī’s Recovery (आरण्यक पर्व, अध्याय २५७)

Devanagari script

शेषास्तु पाण्डवा राजन्‌ नैवोचु: किंचिदप्रियम्‌ । दूतश्वापि यथावृत्तं धार्तराष्ट्रेी न्यवेदयत्‌,राजन! शेष पाण्डवोंने कोई अप्रिय वचन नहीं कहा। दूतने भी लौटकर दुर्योधनसे सब समाचार ठीक-ठीक बता दिया

Transliteration

śeṣās tu pāṇḍavā rājan naivocuḥ kiñcid apriyam | dūtaś cāpi yathāvṛttaṃ dhārtarāṣṭre nyavedayat ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «О царь, оставшиеся Пандавы не произнесли ни единого резкого или неприятного слова. А посланец, возвратившись, передал Дхартарāштре (Дурьодхане) весь рассказ в точности так, как всё произошло».

Word by Word

• śeṣāḥ: the remaining (ones)
• śeṣāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śeṣa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tu: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• pāṇḍavāḥ: the Pāṇḍavas
• pāṇḍavāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍava
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• eva: indeed/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• ūcuḥ: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• kiñcit: anything (at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiñcit

• apriyam: unpleasant (word/thing)
• apriyam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apriya
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• dūtaḥ: the messenger
• dūtaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• api: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• yathā-vṛttam: as it happened; exactly as occurred
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā-vṛtta

• dhārtarāṣṭre: to Dhārtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana/son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• dhārtarāṣṭre: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārtarāṣṭra
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• nyavedayat: reported/informed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vid
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Duryodhana (Dhārtarāṣṭra)
• messenger (dūta)
• King (rājan; listener addressed)