Shloka 19

Gaṅgādvāra-tīrtha, Ulūpī-saṃvāda, and Arjuna’s Dharma-Deliberation (गङ्गाद्वार-तीर्थम्, उलूपी-संवादः)

Devanagari script

कि नु नाद्य कृतं तात सर्वेषां नः परं प्रियम्‌ । यन्न: कुन्तीसुता वीरा नगरं पुनरागता:,तात! कुन्तीके वीर पुत्र यदि पुनः इस नगरमें चले आये तो आज हम सब लोगोंका कौन-सा परम प्रिय कार्य नहीं सम्पन्न हो गया

Transliteration

kiṃ nu nādya kṛtaṃ tāta sarveṣāṃ naḥ paraṃ priyam | yan naḥ kuntīsutā vīrā nagaraṃ punar āgatāḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Kaibigan, ano pa bang pinakamasayang bagay para sa ating lahat ngayon ang hindi natupad? Sapagkat ang matatapang na anak ni Kuntī—na mahal natin—ay muling nagbalik sa lungsod.”

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

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

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• कृतम्: done/accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative, singular

• तात: dear (father)/sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• नः: for us/to us (or: of us)
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive/dative, plural

• परम्: highest/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• प्रियम्: dear/pleasing (thing)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• यत्: that/which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, plural

• कुन्ती-सुताः: Kunti's sons
• कुन्ती-सुताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्ती-सुत
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• वीराः: heroes/brave ones
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• नगरम्: to the city
• नगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आगताः: have come/returned
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past active participle usage), masculine, nominative, plural

• तात: dear sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kuntī
• Kuntīsutāḥ (Pāṇḍavas)
• nagara (the city)