Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

कर्मान्तरेषु विधिवद्‌ वर्तमानेषु शौनक । कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासमृषिं वेदनिर्धि प्रभुम्‌

Transliteration

karmāntareṣu vidhivad vartamāneṣu śaunaka | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsam ṛṣiṃ vedanidhiṃ prabhum ||

Translation

O Śaunaka, while the prescribed rites were proceeding in due order, there appeared the sage Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa—an authoritative master, a veritable treasury of the Vedas.

Word by Word

• कर्मान्तरेषु: in other duties/activities
• कर्मान्तरेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मान्तर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• वर्तमानेषु: while (they) are proceeding/engaged
• वर्तमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Locative, Plural

• शौनक: O Shaunaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौनक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनम्: Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यासम्: Vyasa
• व्यासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिम्: the sage
• ऋषिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेदनिर्धि: treasure/store of the Veda(s)
• वेदनिर्धि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदनिर्धि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभुम्: the lord/master
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
• Veda(s)