Shloka 13

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचु यदि वै तत्र ते श्रद्धा गम्यतां पुत्र मा चिरम्‌ । प्रिये हि तव वर्तामो देवराजस्य शासनात्‌,देवता बोले--वत्स! यदि उन लोगोंमें तुम्हारी श्रद्धा है तो चलो, विलम्ब न करो। हम लोग देवराजकी आज्ञासे सर्वथा तुम्हारा प्रिय करना चाहते हैं

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ yadi vai tatra te śraddhā gamyatāṃ putra mā ciram | priye hi tava vartāmo devarājasya śāsanāt ||

Translation

देवा ऊचुः—यदि वै तत्र ते श्रद्धा गम्यतां पुत्र मा चिरम्। प्रिये हि तव वर्तामो देवराजस्य शासनात्॥

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गम्यताम्: let (him/one) go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, impersonal/passive sense: 'let it be gone/let one go'

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive particle

• चिरम्: for long / long (time)
• Type: Adverb
• Root: चिर

• प्रिये: in what is dear / in (your) welfare
• प्रिये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वर्तामः: we act / we proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, First, Plural, Atmanepada

• देवराजस्य: of the king of gods (Indra)
• देवराजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शासनात्: from the command / by the order
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Devarāja (Indra)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual addressee: 'putra')