Shloka 11

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

बको दाल्भ्य: स्थूलशिरा: कृष्णद्वैपायन: शुक: । सुमन्तुर्जैमिनि: पैलो व्यासशिष्यास्तथा वयम्‌

Transliteration

bako dālbhyāḥ sthūlaśirāḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ śukaḥ | sumantur jaiminiḥ pailo vyāsaśiṣyās tathā vayam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Baka Dālbhyā, Sthūlaśiras, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa), Śuka, Sumantu, Jaimini, and Paila—these were disciples of Vyāsa; and we too (belong to that line).”

Word by Word

• बकः: Baka (a sage named Baka)
• बकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दाल्भ्यः: Dālbhyā (a sage named Dālbhyā)
• दाल्भ्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाल्भ्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्थूलशिराः: Sthūlaśiras (lit. 'thick-headed'; a proper name)
• स्थूलशिराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थूलशिरस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुकः: Śuka
• शुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमन्तुः: Sumantu
• सुमन्तुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जैमिनिः: Jaimini
• जैमिनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैमिनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पैलः: Paila
• पैलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यासशिष्याः: disciples of Vyāsa
• व्यासशिष्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यासशिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus; likewise; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Baka
• Dālbhyā
• Sthūlaśiras
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• Śuka
• Sumantu
• Jaimini
• Paila