Shloka 26
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
Devanagari script
वासुदेव उवाच शुश्रूषध्व॑ ब्राह्म॒णेन्द्रास्त्वं च तात युधिष्ठिर । त्वं चापगेय नामानि शृणुष्वेह कपर्दिने
Translation
Vāsudeva said: “Listen, foremost of Brahmins seated here; and you too, my son Yudhiṣṭhira. Hear now, in this place, the names worthy to be sung of Kapardin—Śaṅkara.”
Word by Word
वासुदेवःVasudeva (Krishna)
वासुदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
शुश्रूषध्वम्listen attentively / be eager to hear
शुश्रूषध्वम्:
TypeVerb
Rootशुश्रूष्
FormImperative, Second, Plural
ब्राह्मणेन्द्राःO best of Brahmins
ब्राह्मणेन्द्राः:
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तातO dear one / O son
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपगेयto be sung/recited (fit for chanting)
अपगेय:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपगेय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
शृणुष्वhear (listen)
शृणुष्व:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
कपर्दिनेto Kapardin (Shiva, the matted-haired one)
कपर्दिने:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकपर्दिन्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
Speaker
वासुदेव उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes