Shloka 6

Ruru–Pramadvarā: Lineage, Fosterage, Betrothal, and the Snakebite Crisis (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 8)

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु मेनकायां प्रजज्ञिवान्‌ । गन्धर्वराजो वित्रर्षे विश्वावसुरिति स्मृत:,विप्रर्षे! इन्हीं महर्षिके समयकी बात हैं--गन्धर्वराज विश्वावसुने मेनकाके गर्भसे एक संतान उत्पन्न की

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu menakāyāṃ prajajñivān | gandharvarājo vitarṣe viśvāvasur iti smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Śaunaka said: “At that very time, the Gandharva king—known among the sages as Viśvāvasu—begot a child in Menakā.”

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• काले: at (the) time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मेनकायाम्: in Menakā
• मेनकायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेनका
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• प्रजज्ञिवान्: was born/was produced
• प्रजज्ञिवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-जन्
• Form: क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गन्धर्वराजः: the king of Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्वराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वित्रर्षे: O (best) sage (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्रर्ष (voc.)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विश्वावसुः: Viśvāvasu (proper name)
• विश्वावसुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वावसु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्मृतः: is called/remembered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रर्षि (voc.)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Menakā
• Viśvāvasu
• Gandharvas