Shloka 41

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

ततो हि वदतां तेषामश्रौष्म विपुलं ध्वनिम्‌

Transliteration

tato hi vadatāṁ teṣām aśrauṣma vipulaṁ dhvanim

Translation

তাৰ পাছত তেওঁলোকে কথা কৈ থাকোঁতে আমি এক বিশাল, গম্ভীৰ ধ্বনি শুনিলোঁ।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• वदताम्: of (them) speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), genitive plural (m./n.): 'of (those) speaking'

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, genitive plural

• अश्रौष्म: we heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 1st person plural, parasmaipada: 'we heard'

• विपुलम्: great; loud; extensive
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Neuter, accusative singular

• ध्वनिम्: sound; noise
• ध्वनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वनि
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• unspecified speakers (teṣām)
• a great sound/noise (vipula dhvani)