Shloka 37

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

तत्राश्रौषमहं सर्वमेतत्‌ पुरुषसत्तम,इति श्रीमहाभारते आश्रमवासिके पर्वणि नारदागमनपर्वणि दावाग्निना धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे सप्तत्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

tatrāśrauṣam ahaṃ sarvam etat puruṣasattama | iti śrīmahābhārate āśramavāsike parvaṇi nāradāgamanaparvaṇi dāvāgninā dhṛtarāṣṭrādidāhe saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

There I heard all of this in full, O best of men. Thus, in the Śrī Mahābhārata, in the Āśramavāsika Parva, in the section concerning Nārada’s arrival, in the account of the forest-fire that burned Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the others, ends the thirty-seventh chapter.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अश्रौषम्: I heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Lung (Aorist), 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषसत्तम: O best of men
• पुरुषसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• आश्रमवासिके: in (the parva) called Ashramavasika
• आश्रमवासिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमवासिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parva)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारदागमनपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) of Narada's arrival
• नारदागमनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारदागमनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दावाग्निना: by the forest-fire
• दावाग्निना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दावाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे: in the burning of Dhritarashtra and others
• धृतराष्ट्रादिदाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्रादिदाह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सप्तत्रिंशः: thirty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तत्रिंशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• forest-fire (dāvāgni)
• Mahābhārata
• Āśramavāsika Parva
• Nāradāgamana-parvan (episode)