Shloka 9

Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच इत्येवमुक्तो धृतराष्ट्रेण राजन्‌ श्रुत्वा नादं नदतो वासवस्य | तपोनित्यं धर्मविदां वरिष्ठं संवर्त तं ज्ञापयामास कार्यम्‌

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | ityevam ukto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājan śrutvā nādaṃ nadato vāsavasya | tapo-nityaṃ dharma-vidāṃ variṣṭhaṃ saṃvartaṃ taṃ jñāpayāmāsa kāryam ||

Translation

ব্যাস বললেন—হে রাজন, ধৃতরাষ্ট্র এ কথা বলার পর রাজা মরুত্ত আকাশে গর্জনরত বাসব ইন্দ্রের নাদ শুনলেন। তখন তিনি তপস্যায় নিত্যনিষ্ঠ, ধর্মজ্ঞদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ সংবর্তকে ইন্দ্রের এই উদ্দেশ্যের কথা জানালেন।

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been addressed/said to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रेण: by Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• नादम्: sound/roar
• नादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नदतः: of (him) roaring
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वासवस्य: of Vasava (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तपः-नित्यम्: ever devoted to austerity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् + नित्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मविदाम्: of the knowers of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरिष्ठम्: the श्रेष्ठतम / most excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संवर्तम्: Samvarta
• संवर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवर्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ज्ञापयामास: informed/caused to know
• ज्ञापयामास: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (causative: ज्ञापय)
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• कार्यम्: the task/matter
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Marutta
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Saṃvarta