Shloka 526

सरस्वतीतीर्थानुक्रमः — बलरामस्य तीर्थयात्रा

Sarasvatī Tīrtha Itinerary — Balarāma’s Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

तथाभूतावदृश्येतां वचनात्‌ सत्यवादिन: । प्रजानाथ! उनके इतना कहते ही वे दोनों भाई उस सत्यवादीके वचनसे उसी क्षण भेड़ियेकी शकलमें दिखायी देने लगे

Transliteration

tathābhūtāv adṛśyetāṃ vacanāt satyavādinaḥ | prajānātha!

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O lord of the people! No sooner had he spoken thus than those two brothers, by the power of that truth-speaking man’s words, were instantly seen transformed—appearing in the very form of wolves.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अभूतौ: having become so; in that state
• अभूतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अदृश्येताम्: were seen; appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Dual, Atmanepada

• वचनात्: from/through the utterance; because of the words
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सत्यवादिनः: of the truth-speaker
• सत्यवादिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• two brothers (unnamed in this verse)
• a truth-speaking man (satyavādin)