Shloka 36

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच (तच्छुत्वा वचनं तस्य विजयस्य हि धीमत: ।) विनिवर्त्य ततो रुक्मी सेनां सागरसंनिभाम्‌ | दुर्योधनमुपागच्छत्‌ तथैव भरतर्षभ,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ! उन परम बुद्धिमान्‌ अर्जुनका यह वचन सुनकर रुक्मी अपनी समुद्र-सदूश विशाल सेनाको लौटाकर उसी प्रकार दुर्योधनके पास गया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya vijayasya hi dhīmataḥ | vinivartya tato rukmī senāṃ sāgarasaṃnibhām | duryodhanam upāgacchat tathaiva bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：“婆罗多族中的雄牛啊，鲁克弥听了智者毗阇耶（阿周那）的话，便令那如海般浩大的军队折返，仍如先前一般前往杜尤陀那处。”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विजयस्य: of Vijaya (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• धीमतः: of the wise/intelligent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विनिवर्त्य: having turned back/caused to return
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वृत् (वर्तते/वर्तयति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund, lyap-form), Causative sense (usage), Non-finite

• ततः: then, from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• रुक्मी: Rukmi
• रुक्मी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिन्/रुक्मी (नाम)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सेनाम्: army
• सेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सागर-संनिभाम्: ocean-like, resembling the sea
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर + संनिभ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपागच्छत्: approached, went to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भरत-ऋषभ: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vijaya (Arjuna)
• Rukmī
• Duryodhana
• Bharatarṣabha (Janamejaya)