Shloka 24

Jayadrathasya śoka-bhaya-vilāpaḥ — Droṇena āśvāsanaṃ ca

Jayadratha’s lament and Droṇa’s reassurance

Devanagari script

पवित्रमरिसंघघ्नं मड़लानां च मड़लम्‌ । यथैव वेदाध्ययनमुपाख्यानमिदं तथा

Transliteration

pavitram arisaṅghaghnaṁ maṅgalānāṁ ca maṅgalam | yathaiva vedādhyayanam upākhyānam idaṁ tathā ||

Translation

قال فياسا: «إن هذه الرواية الطاهرة تُهلك جموع الأعداء، وهي أسمى البركات بين البركات. وينبغي أن تُعدّ بمنزلة دراسة الفيدا.»

Word by Word

• पवित्रम्: pure; purifier
• पवित्रम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अरि-संघ-घ्नम्: slaying the host of enemies
• अरि-संघ-घ्नम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिसंघघ्न
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मण्डलानाम्: of circles/groups
• मण्डलानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• मण्डलम्: the circle; the chief group
• मण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed; exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• वेद-अध्ययनम्: study/recitation of the Veda
• वेद-अध्ययनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदाध्ययन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपाख्यानम्: narrative; episode
• उपाख्यानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाख्यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Veda(s)
• upākhyāna (the narrative)