Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मै राजन सुरेन्द्राय नारदो वदतां वर: । आसीनायोपपन्नाय प्रोक्तवान्‌ विपुलां कथाम्‌,राजन्‌! उनके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर वक्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ नारदजीने अपने पास ही बैठे हुए सुरेन्द्रको एक विस्तृत कथा सुनायी

Transliteration

tasmai rājan surendrāya nārado vadatāṃ varaḥ | āsīnāyopapannāya proktavān vipulāṃ kathām ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O King, to that Surendra, Narada—the foremost among speakers—recounted a long and detailed narrative, addressing him as he sat nearby in a fitting and attentive manner.”

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• सुरेन्द्राय: to the lord of the gods (Indra)
• सुरेन्द्राय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वदताम्: of speakers
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: best, excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीनाय: to (him) seated
• आसीनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• उपपन्नाय: to (him) fitting/appropriate (i.e., duly placed/attentive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपपन्न
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्रोक्तवान्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Masculine

• विपुलाम्: extensive, large
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कथाम्: story, discourse
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Narada
• Surendra (Indra)
• King (addressed as rājan)