Shloka 31

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

क्षत्तारं चापि संगृहा पृष्टत्वा कुशलमव्ययम्‌

Transliteration

kṣattāraṃ cāpi saṃgṛhya pṛṣṭvā kuśalam avyayam

Translation

แล้วเขาเข้าไปหาเจ้าพนักงานห้องใน (กษัตตาระ) ไต่ถามถึงกุศลเกษมอันไม่เสื่อมคลาย—ว่าทุกสิ่งเรียบร้อยดีและปราศจากอันตรายหรือไม่

Word by Word

• क्षत्तारम्: the chamberlain/attendant (kṣattā)
• क्षत्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• संगृह्य: having taken/received (having gathered)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ग्रह्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पृष्ट्वा: having asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कुशलम्: welfare/well-being
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: undiminished/unchanged; safe
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• kṣattṛ (chamberlain/attendant)