Shloka 15

Śiśupāla-nigraha-prastāva: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Conciliation and Bhīṣma’s Defense of Kṛṣṇa

Book 2, Chapter 35

Devanagari script

विचित्रै रत्नवद्धिश्व ऋद्धवा परमया युतै: । राजभिश्च समावृत्तैरतीव श्रीसमृद्धिभि: । अशोभत सदो राजन्‌ कौन्तेयस्य महात्मन:

Transliteration

vicitrai ratnavaddhiśva ṛddhavā paramayā yutaiḥ | rājabhiś ca samāvṛttair atīva śrīsamṛddhibhiḥ | aśobhata sado rājan kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اے راجَن! کُنتی کے فرزند، مہاتما یُدھِشٹھِر کا سبھا-بھون عجیب و غریب، جواہرات سے جڑا ہوا اور اعلیٰ ترین شان و شوکت سے آراستہ تھا؛ اور بے حد دولت مند بادشاہوں کے ہجوم سے گھرا ہوا وہ دربار نہایت درخشاں نظر آتا تھا۔

Word by Word

• विचित्रैः: with various/wondrous
• विचित्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• रत्नवत्: jewel-like, gem-adorned
• रत्नवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्नवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ऋद्ध्या: with prosperity/splendour
• ऋद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युतैः: endowed/combined (with)
• युतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• राजभिः: by/with kings
• राजभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• समावृत्तैः: assembled, gathered
• समावृत्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समावृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अतीव: exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव

• श्रीसमृद्धिभिः: with riches of splendour/fortune
• श्रीसमृद्धिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-समृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अशोभत: shone, was splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• सदः: the hall/assembly
• सदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• कौन्तेयस्य: of Kuntī's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• sabhā (assembly-hall/court)
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• jewels (ratna)