Shloka 8

आदि पर्व — अध्याय ८३: ययाति-इन्द्र-संवादः तथा अष्टक-प्रश्नः

Yayāti–Indra Dialogue and Aṣṭaka’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच अन्योन्यमेवमुक्‍त्वा तु सम्प्रहस्य च ते मिथ: । जगाम भार्गवी वेश्म तथ्यमित्यवजग्मुषी,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! वे दोनों आपसमें इस प्रकार बातें करके हँस पड़ीं। देवयानीको प्रतीत हुआ कि शर्मिष्ठा ठीक कहती है; अत: वह चुपचाप महलमें चली गयी

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: anyonyam evam uktvā tu samprahasya ca te mithaḥ | jagāma Bhārgavī veśma tathyam ity avajagmuṣī ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having thus spoken to one another, the two of them laughed together. The Bhārgavī (Devayānī), judging that it was indeed true, went silently back to the palace.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

अन्योन्यम्each other / mutually

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

तुbut/indeed

सम्प्रहस्यhaving laughed together

चand

तेthose two / they two

मिथःmutually / with each other

जगामwent

भार्गवीBhārgavī (Devayānī)

वेश्मto the house/palace

तथ्यम्true / truth

इतिthus (quotative)

अवजग्मुषीhaving understood/considered

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Bhārgavī (Devayānī)

Śarmiṣṭhā

veśma (palace/residence)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes