11.35
सञ्जय उवाच
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं केशवस्य
कृताञ्जलिर्वेपमानः किरीटी ।
नमस्कृत्वा भूय एवाह कृष्णं
सगद्गदं भीतभीतः प्रणम्य ॥
sañjaya uvāca
etac chrutvā vacanaṃ keśavasya
kṛtāñjalir vepamānaḥ kirīṭī
namaskṛtvā bhūya evāha kṛṣṇaṃ
sagadgadaṃ bhītabhītaḥ praṇamya
Sañjaya (सञ्जय) is speaking, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
Sañjaya (सञ्जय) said: Having heard this word of Keśava (केशव), the crowned one, palms joined and trembling, bowed, and afraid upon afraid spoke again to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण), stammering.
नेपालीमा
सञ्जयले भने, केशवको यो वचन सुनेर मुकुटधारी हात जोडेर काँप्दै निहुर्यो, र डरमाथि डरले लर्बरिँदै कृष्णसँग फेरि बोल्यो।
Where it sits
mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ (मा व्यथिष्ठाः) has just been said. He trembles anyway. The speech that follows is not a refusal to fight. It is praise, and then a plea to see the familiar form.
Split: एतत् + श्रुत्वा + वचनम् + केशवस्य + कृत-अञ्जलिः + वेपमानः + किरीटी + नमस्-कृत्वा + भूयः + एव + आह + कृष्णम् + स-गद्गदम् + भीत-भीतः + प्रणम्य
etat + śrutvā + vacanam + keśavasya + kṛta-añjaliḥ + vepamānaḥ + kirīṭī + namas-kṛtvā + bhūyaḥ + eva + āha + kṛṣṇam + sa-gadgadam + bhīta-bhītaḥ + praṇamya
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| एतत् | etat | accusative | this. |
| श्रुत्वा | śrutvā | gerund | having heard. |
| वचनम् | vacanam | accusative | the word. |
| केशवस्य | keśavasya | genitive | of Keśava (केशव). Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). |
| कृत-अञ्जलिः | kṛta-añjaliḥ | nominative | with palms joined. |
| वेपमानः | vepamānaḥ | nominative | trembling. |
| किरीटी | kirīṭī | nominative of kirīṭin (किरीटिन्) | the crowned one. Arjuna (अर्जुन). |
| नमस्-कृत्वा | namas-kṛtvā | gerund | having made homage. |
| भूयः | bhūyaḥ | indeclinable | again. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | indeed. |
| आह | āha | perfect, 3rd singular | he said. |
| कृष्णम् | kṛṣṇam | accusative | to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). |
| स-गद्गदम् | sa-gadgadam | accusative, adverbial | stammering. With a choked voice. |
| भीत-भीतः | bhīta-bhītaḥ | nominative | afraid and more afraid. |
| प्रणम्य | praṇamya | gerund | having bowed. |
The phrases
etat śrutvā vacanam keśavasya kṛta-añjaliḥ vepamānaḥ kirīṭī (एतत् श्रुत्वा वचनम् केशवस्य कृत-अञ्जलिः वेपमानः किरीटी) is the hearer. Having heard this word of Keśava (केशव), the crowned one, palms joined, trembling.
namas-kṛtvā bhūyaḥ eva āha kṛṣṇam sa-gadgadam bhīta-bhītaḥ praṇamya (नमस्-कृत्वा भूयः एव आह कृष्णम् स-गद्गदम् भीत-भीतः प्रणम्य) is the second speech. Having bowed, he spoke again to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण), stammering, afraid upon afraid.
Sanskrit in this line
एतत् + श्रुत्वा etat + śrutvā is etac chrutvā (एतच्छ्रुत्वा). t (त्) before ś (श्) becomes c (च्), and ś (श्) becomes ch (छ्), the same pair as tac chakyam (तच्छक्यम्) in 11.4. भूयः + एव bhūyaḥ + eva is bhūya eva (भूय एव). aḥ (अः) before a vowel other than a (अ) drops the visarga and leaves a (अ). Then एव + आह eva + āha is evāha (एवाह).
Say it back
How he speaks the second time. If the voice is steady, sa-gadgadam (स-गद्गदम्) and vepamānaḥ (वेपमानः) were both dropped.