Shloka 13

जयद्रथ-निग्रहः — Jayadratha Restrained, Shamed, and Released

Devanagari script

स एवमुक्तो नृपतिमुवाच द्विजसत्तम: । (ब्राह्मणै:ः सहितो राजन्‌ ये तत्रासन्‌ समागता: ।) न स शक्‍्य: क्रतुश्रेष्ठो जीवमाने युधिष्ठिरे

Transliteration

sa evam ukto nṛpatim uvāca dvijasattamaḥ | (brāhmaṇaiḥ sahito rājan ye tatrāsan samāgatāḥ |) na sa śakyaḥ kratuśreṣṭho jīvamāne yudhiṣṭhire

Translation

ఇలా చెప్పబడినపుడు ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠుడు, అక్కడ సమాగతమైన బ్రాహ్మణులతో కలిసి, రాజునితో పలికెను— “రాజా! యుధిష్ఠిరుడు జీవించి ఉండగా ఆ క్రతుశ్రేష్ఠ యాగం చేయుట సాధ్యం కాదు.”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• नृपतिम्: the king
• नृपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्विजसत्तमः: the best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजसत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणैः: with brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहितः: accompanied (by)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

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

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• समागताः: assembled / gathered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past active participle (क्तवत्/क्त) used adjectivally

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सः: that (sacrifice/rite)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्यः: possible / feasible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Potential passive participle (यत्)

• क्रतुश्रेष्ठः: the best sacrifice
• क्रतुश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जीवमाने: while (he is) living
• जीवमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• युधिष्ठिरे: in/while Yudhishthira (is alive)
• युधिष्ठिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• nṛpati (a king, unnamed here)
• dvijasattama (an eminent Brahmin, unnamed here)
• brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins, assembled group)
• kratuśreṣṭha (a supreme sacrificial rite)