Shloka 7

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 3 — Janamejaya’s Rite, Dhaumya’s Parīkṣā, and Uttanka’s Kuṇḍala Quest (सर्पसत्रप्रस्तावना–गुरुपरीक्षा–उत्तङ्कोपाख्यान)

Devanagari script

तच्छुत्वा तस्य माता सरमा पुत्रदुःखार्ता तत्‌ सत्रमुपागच्छद्‌ यत्र स जनमेजय: सह भ्रातृभिदर्दीर्घ-सत्रमुपास्ते,यह सुनकर पुत्रके दुःखसे दुःखी हुई उसकी माता सरमा उस सत्रमें आयी, जहाँ जनमेजय अपने भाइयोंके साथ दीर्घकालीन सत्रका अनुष्ठान कर रहे थे

Transliteration

tac chrutvā tasya mātā saramā putra-duḥkhārtā tat satram upāgacchat yatra sa janamejayaḥ saha bhrātṛbhir dīrgha-satram upāste

Translation

Hearing of that, his mother Saramā—stricken with grief for her son—came to the sacrificial session (satra), where Janamejaya, together with his brothers, was engaged in the performance of a long-duration soma-sacrifice.

Word by Word

तत्that (news/thing)

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

तस्यof him/of that

माताmother

सरमाSaramā

पुत्र-दुःख-आर्ताafflicted by her son's sorrow

तत्that

सत्रम्sacrificial session (sattra)

उपागच्छत्approached/came to

यत्रwhere

सःhe

जनमेजयःJanamejaya

सहtogether with

भ्रातृभिःwith (his) brothers

दीर्घ-सत्रम्a long sattra (prolonged rite)

उपास्तेperforms/observes (attends upon)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saramā

Janamejaya

Janamejaya's brothers

satra (sacrificial session)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes