Shloka 4

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

सौगन्धिकवनं राजंस्ततो गच्छेत मानव:,राजन! तत्पश्चात्‌ मानव सौगन्धिक वनमें जाय

Transliteration

saugandhikavanaṁ rājan tato gacchet mānavaḥ | rājan! tatpaścāt mānava saugandhika-vanameṁ jāya |

Translation

ఓ రాజా! ఆపై మనిషి సౌగంధిక వనానికి వెళ్లవలెను.

Word by Word

• सौगन्धिकवनम्: the Sauगन्धिक forest
• सौगन्धिकवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौगन्धिक-वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• ततः: then; from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गच्छेत: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मानवः: a man; the man
• मानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• King (rājan)
• Saugandhika forest (Saugandhika-vana)