Shloka 5

Devanagari script

देवदानवगन्धर्वास्त्रिस्तास्त्वासन्‌ विशाम्पते । कथंकथाभवत्‌ तीव्रा दृष्टवा तद्‌ व्याकुलं महत्‌,प्रजानाथ! वह महान्‌ उत्पात देखकर देवता, दानव और गन्धर्व भी त्रस्त हो उठे तथा सब लोगोंमें यह तीव्र गतिसे चर्चा होने लगी कि “अब क्या करना चाहिये'

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | devadānavagandharvāstrastāstvāsan viśāmpate | kathaṃkathābhavat tīvrā dṛṣṭvā tad vyākulaṃ mahat prajānātha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of the people, O ruler of men! When that great and terrifying upheaval was seen, even the gods, Dānavas, and Gandharvas were shaken with fear. Among all people, urgent talk spread rapidly—‘What should be done now?’”

Word by Word

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानव: demons (Danavas)
• दानव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्रस्ताः: frightened
• त्रस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from √त्रस्

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्: of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• कथा: talk/discussion
• कथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: arose/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तीव्रा: intense/vehement
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• तत्: that (omen/event)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्याकुलम्: agitated/disturbed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याकुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Devas
• Dānavas
• Gandharvas