Shloka 29

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

ततस्ते मुन2यो हृष्टा ददुशुस्तपसो बलम्‌ । विस्मिता वचन प्राहुरिदं सर्वे महार्थवत्‌,उन महर्षियोंने बड़े हर्षके साथ महर्षिके उस तपोबलको प्रत्यक्ष देखा। देखकर वे सब लोग आश्चर्यचकित हो गये और इस प्रकार महान्‌ अर्थसे भरे हुए वचन बोले

Transliteration

tataste munayo hṛṣṭā dadṛśus tapaso balam | vismitā vacanaṃ prāhur idaṃ sarve mahārthavat ||

Translation

Then those sages, filled with joy, directly beheld the power born of the great ascetic’s austerities. Astonished at what they had witnessed, they all spoke words laden with profound meaning.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthose (they)

मुनयःsages

हृष्टाःdelighted, joyful

ददृशुःthey saw

तपसःof austerity

बलम्power, strength

विस्मिताःastonished

वचनम्speech, words

प्राहुःthey said, they spoke

इदम्this

सर्वेall

महार्थवत्full of great meaning

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

munayaḥ (sages)

tapas (austerity)

tapas-bala (power of austerity)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes