Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच चिरदृष्टोडसि मेत्येवमागतो5हं तपोवनात्‌ । परिदृष्टानि तीर्थानि गड़ा चैव मया नूप,नारदजीने कहा--नरेश्वर! बहुत दिन पहले मैंने तुम्हें देखा था, इसीलिये मैं तपोवनसे सीधे यहाँ चला आ रहा हूँ। रास्तेमें मैंने बहुत-से तीर्थों और गड़ाजीका भी दर्शन किया है

Transliteration

nārada uvāca

ciradṛṣṭo'si mety evam āgato'haṃ tapovanāt | paridṛṣṭāni tīrthāni gadā caiva mayā nṛpa ||

Translation

Narada said: “It has been a long time since I last saw you; remembering this, I have come here straight from the forest of austerities. On the way, O king, I have visited many sacred fords, and I have also seen the mace.”

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

चिर-दृष्टःseen after a long time / long-unseen

असिyou are

मेof me / to me

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

आगतःhaving come / come

अहम्I

तपोवनात्from the penance-grove (hermitage forest)

परिदृष्टानिwere seen / have been visited

तीर्थानिsacred places (tirthas)

गदाःmaces

चand

एवindeed / also

मयाby me

नृपO king

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

tapovana (forest of austerities)

tīrthas (pilgrimage sites)

gadā (mace)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes