Shloka 35

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

गच्छतां वो नदीतीरं सहितानां विशेषतः । पृष्ठतो5हं गमिष्यामि सहैव मातुलेन तु

Transliteration

gacchatāṁ vo nadītīraṁ sahitānāṁ viśeṣataḥ | pṛṣṭato 'haṁ gamiṣyāmi sahaiva mātulena tu ||

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు— మీరు అందరూ ప్రత్యేకంగా ఒకటిగా కలిసి నదీ తీరానికి వెళ్లండి. నేను వెనుక నుంచి వస్తాను; మేనమామతో కలిసి అక్కడికి చేరుతాను.

Word by Word

• गच्छताम्: let (them/you all) go
• गच्छताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 3rd, plural, परस्मैपद

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, plural

• नदी-तीरम्: the river-bank
• नदी-तीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी + तीर
• Form: neuter, Accusative, singular

• सहितानाम्: of those who are together
• सहितानाम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त; √सह)
• Form: masculine, Genitive, plural

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः

• पृष्ठतः: from behind / behind
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, singular

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 1st, singular, परस्मैपद

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मातुलेन: with (my) maternal uncle
• मातुलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल
• Form: masculine, Instrumental, singular

• तु: but / however
• तु: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• riverbank (nadītīra)
• maternal uncle (mātula)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Act with prudence and coordination: moving together increases safety and effectiveness, while a planned rear-following position suggests cautious leadership and risk management.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker instructs a group to go first to the riverbank in a united formation, while he himself will follow behind, accompanied by his maternal uncle.