Shloka 138

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

सौतिर्वाच एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं वैशम्पायन कीर्तितम्‌,सूतपुत्र बोले--शौनक! वैशम्पायनजीका कहा हुआ यह सारा आख्टयान मैंने तुमसे कहा है। जनमेजयने इसे सुनकर उत्तम विधिपूर्वक भगवानका यजन किया। तुमलोग भी तपस्वी और व्रतका पालन करनेवाले हो

Transliteration

Sautir uvāca—etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ Vaiśampāyana-kīrtitam.

Translation

Sauti said: “O Śaunaka, I have now related to you in full this entire narrative as it was recounted by Vaiśampāyana. Having heard it, King Janamejaya duly performed the worship and sacrificial rite for the Lord according to the highest prescribed procedure. You too are ascetics, steadfast in austerity and faithful to your vows.”

Word by Word

• सौतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सौतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular, Second

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (क्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वैशम्पायन: O Vaiśampāyana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कीर्तितम्: proclaimed, recounted
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय् (क्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Śaunaka
• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Bhagavān (the Lord)