Shloka 18

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

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तास्ते तदा राजन्‌ विप्रलम्भप्रधर्षिता: । प्रत्यब्रुवंस्तान्‌ मुनयो यत्‌ तच्छुणु नराधिप,राजन! नरेश्वर! ऐसी बात कहकर उन यादवोंने जब ऋषियोंको धोखा दिया और इस प्रकार उनका तिरस्कार किया तब उन्होंने उन बालकोंको जो उत्तर दिया, उसे सुनो

Transliteration

ity uktās te tadā rājan vipralambha-pradharṣitāḥ | praty abruvaṃs tān munayo yat tac chṛṇu narādhipa ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, when those Yādavas had spoken thus and, by their deceitful mockery, had insulted the sages, the munis replied to those youths. Listen, O lord of men, to what they said.”

Word by Word

itithus

uktāḥhaving been spoken to / addressed

tethey

tadāthen

rājanO king

vipralambha-pradharṣitāḥinsulted/affronted by deception

pratyabrūvanreplied

tānto them / those (persons)

munayaḥthe sages

yatwhat (which thing)

tatthat

śṛṇuhear

nara-adhipaO lord of men (king)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King Janamejaya (addressed as rājan/narādhipa)

Yādavas

Munis (sages)

the youths/boys (tān)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes