Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्‌ वचन श्रुत्वा भारद्वाजो हसन्निव

Transliteration

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo hasann iva

Translation

Sañjaya said: Hearing those words of his, Bhāradvāja seemed to smile—an expression suggesting restrained amusement or knowing irony amid the grave circumstances.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/statement/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), Non-finite

• भारद्वाजः: Bhāradvāja
• भारद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हसन्: laughing
• हसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhāradvāja