Shloka 19

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 106: Pūrva-Diśa Praśaṃsā

Praise and Primacy of the Eastern Quarter

Devanagari script

स भवानेतु गच्छाव नयिष्ये त्वां यथासुखम्‌ । देशं पारं पृथिव्या वा गच्छ गालव मा चिरम्‌

Transliteration

sa bhavānetu gacchāva nayiṣye tvāṁ yathāsukham | deśaṁ pāraṁ pṛthivyā vā gaccha gālava mā ciram ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“既如此，来吧——我们出发。我将随你所愿，安稳舒适地引你前往你所欲之地，纵至大地尽头的远岸亦可。去吧，迦罗婆啊，莫再迟延。”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एतु: let him come / may he go
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छाव: let us two go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छति)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 1st, Dual, Parasmaipada

• नयिष्ये: I will lead
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयति)
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), 1st, Singular, Ātmanepada

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सुखम्: comfort, ease
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देशम्: place, region
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पारम्: the far shore/side
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छति)
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गालव: O Gālava
• Type: Noun (Proper name)
• Root: गालव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long; long time
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial accusative)
• Root: चिर

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Gālava
• pṛthivī (the earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A wise guide urges timely action and offers supportive leadership: do what must be done without procrastination, and accept competent guidance that makes the path easier and ethically directed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses Gālava, inviting him to set out immediately and promising to lead him comfortably to any destination—even to the earth’s farthest reaches—emphasizing haste and readiness for the journey ahead.