Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा सुमहदाश्चर्यमात्मनो विजयावहम्‌ | यदृच्छया55गतं व्यासं पप्रच्छ भरतर्षभ,संजयने कहा--भरतश्रेष्ठ! धृष्टद्युम्नद्वारा अतिरथी वीर द्रोणाचार्यके मारे जानेपर जब समस्त कौरव भाग खड़े हुए, उस समय अपनेको विजय दिलानेवाली एक अत्यन्त आश्चर्यमयी घटना देखकर दुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुनने अकस्मात्‌ वहाँ आये हुए वेदव्यासजीसे उसके सम्बन्धमें इस प्रकार पूछा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dṛṣṭvā sumahad āścaryam ātmano vijayāvaham | yadṛcchayā gataṃ vyāsaṃ papraccha bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: O bull among the Bharatas, having witnessed a very great and wondrous occurrence that promised victory for his own side, Arjuna questioned Vyasa, who had arrived there by chance, about it.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आश्चर्यम्: wonder, marvel
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनः: of himself/one's own
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विजयावहम्: bringing victory
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजयावह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यदृच्छया: by chance, accidentally
• यदृच्छया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• गतम्: come, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यासम्: Vyasa
• व्यासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• भरतर्षभ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Vyasa
• Arjuna
• Bharatarshabha (Dhritarashtra)