Shloka 5

भीष्मदर्शनार्थं प्रस्थानम्

Departure to Behold Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

वीणापणववेणूनां स्वनश्वातिमनोरम: । सहास इव विस्तीर्ण: शुश्रुवे तस्य वेश्मन:,वीणा, पणव तथा मुरलीका अत्यन्त मनोरम स्वर इस तरह सुनायी देने लगा, मानो उस महलका अट्टहास सब ओर फैल रहा हो

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

vīṇāpaṇavaveṇūnāṃ svanaś cātimanoramaḥ |

sahāsa iva vistīrṇaḥ śuśruve tasya veśmanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: From his mansion there was heard an exceedingly delightful music—the blended sound of the vīṇā, the paṇava drum, and the veṇu flute—spreading far and wide, as though the very palace were laughing aloud.

Word by Word

वीणा-पणव-वेणूनाम्of (the sounds of) vīṇās, paṇavas, and flutes

स्वनःsound, resonance

चand

अति-मनोरमःexceedingly delightful

सहासःlaughter (loud laugh)

इवas if, like

विस्तीर्णःspread out, pervading

शुश्रुवेwas heard

तस्यof him/that (person)

वेश्मनःof (his) mansion/palace

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

veśman (mansion/palace)

vīṇā

paṇava

veṇu (flute)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes