Shloka 2

स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven

Triviṣṭapa

Devanagari script

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं सर्वविच्चासि मे मतः । महर्षिणाभ्यनुज्ञातो व्यासेनादूभुतकर्मणा,मैं यह सब सुनना चाहता हूँ। आप अदभुतकर्मा महर्षि व्यासकी आज्ञा पाकर सर्वज्ञ हो गये हैं--ऐसा मेरा विश्वास है

Transliteration

etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ sarvavic cāsi me mataḥ | maharṣiṇābhyanujñāto vyāsenād्भutakarmaṇā ||

Translation

Janamejaya said: “I wish to hear all this. It is my conviction that you are fully knowledgeable, for you have been authorized by the great sage Vyāsa, whose deeds are wondrous. Therefore, recount it to me as it truly happened.”

Word by Word

एतत्this (thing)

इच्छामिI wish/desire

अहम्I

श्रोतुम्to hear

सर्ववित्all-knowing

चand

असिyou are

मेof me / my

मतःthought/considered (by me); (it is) my opinion

महर्षिणाby the great sage

अभ्यनुज्ञातःpermitted/authorized

व्यासेनby Vyasa

अद्भुतकर्मणाby (him) whose deeds are wondrous

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Vyāsa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes