Shloka 32

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

पश्चादस्याभवद्‌ राजन्नात्मन: साध्वसं महत्‌ | यद्‌ गत्वा दूरमध्वानं क्षेमी पुनरिहागत:,नरेश्वर! तत्पश्चात्‌ उनके मनमें यह सोचकर बड़ा भारी विस्मय हुआ कि मैं इतनी दूरका मार्ग तै करके पुनः यहाँ सकुशल कैसे लौट आया?

Transliteration

paścād asyābhavad rājann ātmanaḥ sādhvasaṃ mahat | yad gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ kṣemī punar ihāgataḥ nara-īśvara |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Afterwards, O King, a great astonishment arose in his own mind—how, having gone along so long and distant a road, he had returned here again in safety, O lord of men.”

Word by Word

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अभवत्: arose/occurred
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आत्मनः: in his mind/for himself (lit. of self)
• आत्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• साध्वसम्: astonishment/wonder (also: fear)
• साध्वसम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्वस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: because/that (which)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• दूरम्: far (a long distance)
• दूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अध्वानम्: road/journey
• अध्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षेमी: safe/unharmed
• क्षेमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षेमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आगतः: returned/come
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king addressed)
• nareśvara (lord of men addressed)
• a distant road/journey (adhvāna)