Shloka 89

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच यत्‌ तुभ्यं रोचते कृष्ण स्वस्ति प्राप्तुहि कौरवान्‌ । कृतार्थ स्वस्तिमन्तं त्वां द्रक्ष्यामि पुनरागतम्‌

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yat tubhyaṃ rocate kṛṣṇa svasti prāptu hi kauravān | kṛtārthaṃ svastimantaṃ tvāṃ drakṣyāmi punarāgatam ||

Translation

Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Kṛṣṇa, gawin mo ang ayon sa tingin mong nararapat. Nawa’y sumaiyo ang kagalingan. Pumaroon ka sa mga Kaurava nang may mabuting palad at payapang loob. Inaasahan kong muli kitang makikita rito—ligtas—na natupad ang iyong pakay.”

Word by Word

• {'yudhiṣṭhira uvāca': 'Yudhiṣṭhira said', 'yat': 'whatever

• that which', 'tubhyam': 'to you

• for you', 'rocate': 'is pleasing

• is agreeable', 'kṛṣṇa': 'Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva), the envoy and counselor', 'svasti': 'well-being

• safety', 'prāptu': 'to obtain

• (here) may you attain', 'hi': 'indeed

• emphatic particle', 'kauravān': 'the Kauravas (the sons/party of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'kṛtārtham': 'having fulfilled the aim

• successful in the mission', 'svastimantam': 'safe

• unharmed', 'tvām': 'you', 'drakṣyāmi': 'I shall see', 'punarāgatam': 'returned again

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa
• Kauravas