Shloka 14

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

जनमेजय उवाच केनानुशप्तास्ते वीरा: क्षयं वृष्ण्यन्धका गता: । भोजाश्ष द्विजवर्य त्वं विस्तरेण वदस्व मे,जनमेजयने पूछा--विप्रवर! वृष्णि, अन्धक तथा भोजवंशके उन वीरोंको किसने शाप दिया था जिससे उनका संहार हो गया? आप यह प्रसंग मुझे विस्तारपूर्वक बताइये

Transliteration

Janamejaya uvāca: kenānuśaptās te vīrāḥ kṣayaṃ Vṛṣṇy-Andhakā gatāḥ? Bhojāś ca, dvijavarya, tvaṃ vistareṇa vadasva me.

Translation

Janamejaya said: “By whom were those heroes cursed, O best of Brahmins, that the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas met with destruction—and the Bhojas as well? Tell me this episode in detail.”

Word by Word

जनमेजयःJanamejaya

उवाचsaid

केनby whom

अनुशप्ताःcursed

तेthose

वीराःheroes

क्षयम्destruction

वृष्णि-अन्धकाःthe Vrishnis and the Andhakas

गताःwent / reached

भोजाःthe Bhojas

चand

द्विजवर्यO best of Brahmins

त्वम्you

विस्तरेणin detail

वदस्वtell (speak)

मेto me

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Vṛṣṇis

Andhakas

Bhojas

Dvijavarya (the Brahmin interlocutor, i.e., Vaiśampāyana in context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes