Shloka 6
Adhyāya 160: Arjuna’s Envoy-Message—Critique of Borrowed Valor and Pre-dawn Mobilization
Devanagari script
उलूक उवाच इदं त्वामब्रवीद् राजा धार्तराष्ट्री महामना: । शृण्वतां कुरुवीराणां तन्निबोध युधिष्ठिर,उलूक बोला--महाराज युधिष्ठिर! महामना धुृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधनने कौरववीरोंके समक्ष आपको यह संदेश कहलाया है, इसे सुनिये
Transliteration
Ulūka uvāca: idaṃ tvām abravīd rājā dhārtarāṣṭrī mahāmanāḥ | śṛṇvatāṃ kuruvīrāṇāṃ tan nibodha yudhiṣṭhira ||
Translation
乌卢迦说道：“尤提士提罗啊！心怀高志的国王——持国之子难敌——当着俱卢诸英雄的面，向你传来此言。你且倾听，明白其意。”
Word by Word
उलूकःUluka
उलूकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउलूक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular
इदम्this (message/statement)
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Accusative, Singular
अब्रवीत्said/told
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect (Anadyatana-bhuta), Third, Singular
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धार्तराष्ट्रीson of Dhritarashtra (Duryodhana)
धार्तराष्ट्री:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootधार्तराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महामनाःgreat-souled
महामनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहामनस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शृण्वताम्while (they) are listening / of those listening
शृण्वताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormPresent active participle (शृण्वत्), Masculine, Genitive, Plural
कुरुवीराणाम्of the Kuru heroes/warriors
कुरुवीराणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुवीर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तत्that (message)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निबोधunderstand; take note
निबोध:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormImperative, Second, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
उलूक उवाच
Characters & Entities
U
UlūkaY
YudhiṣṭhiraD
DuryodhanaD
DhṛtarāṣṭraK
Kuru warriors (Kuru-vīrāḥ)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes