Shloka 13

Mudgalasya Svarga-nirvedaḥ

Mudgala’s Disenchantment with Heaven

Devanagari script

अजातशशणभ्रुस्तच्छुत्वा गन्धर्वस्य वचस्तदा । मोक्षयामास तानू सर्वान्‌ गन्धर्वान्‌ प्रशशंस च,गन्धवोका यह कथन सुनकर अजातशत्रु युधिष्ठिने उस समय समस्त कौरवोंको बन्धनसे छुड़ा दिया और गन्धर्वोकी भूरि-भूरि प्रशंसा की--

Transliteration

ajātaśaśaṇabhruḥ tac chrutvā gandharvasya vacas tadā | mokṣayāmāsa tānū sarvān gandharvān praśaśaṃsa ca ||

Translation

毗湿摩衍那说道：“听了那位乾闼婆的话，阿阇多沙特鲁（坚战）当即解开众人束缚，尽情称赞诸乾闼婆。”

Word by Word

• अजातशत्रुः: Yudhiṣṭhira (he whose enemy is not born)
• अजातशत्रुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजातशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (speech/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• गन्धर्वस्य: of the Gandharva
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then; at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• मोक्षयामास: released; set free
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गन्धर्वान्: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रशशंस: praised
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Ajātaśaśaṇabhru)
• Gandharvas