Shloka 8

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

यदेतत्‌ कत्थनावाक्यं संजयो महदब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

yad etat katthanāvākyaṃ sañjayo mahad abravīt, yathā vaḥ sampratijñātaṃ tat sarvaṃ kriyatām iti |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“这番夸耀之辞，我三阇耶曾以盛大之势宣告——正如你们所立之誓——如今当使其尽皆付诸实行。你们所许下的一切誓愿，都要圆满成就。”

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कत्थना-वाक्यम्: boastful speech/statement
• कत्थना-वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कत्थना + वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great (thing)
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वः: to you / of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive/Dative, Plural

• सम्प्रतिज्ञातम्: promised/pledged
• सम्प्रतिज्ञातम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: सम्-प्रति-ज्ञा (सम्प्रतिज्ञात)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्रियताम्: let it be done / should be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Passive, 3rd, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Words—especially public vows and proud declarations—create moral accountability; dharma requires that one’s speech be made true through disciplined action, not left as mere rhetoric.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya refers to the earlier bold claims he reported in the Kaurava court and urges that, since the decisive moment has arrived, those pledged intentions should now be fulfilled in deed.