Shloka 27

Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एतच्छुत्वा तु वचन धनदेन प्रभाषितम्‌ । पाण्डवाश्व ततस्तेन वभूवु: सम्प्रहर्षिता:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | etac chrutvā tu vacanaṁ dhanadena prabhāṣitam | pāṇḍavāś ca tataḥ tena babhūvuḥ sampraharṣitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Hearing these words spoken by Dhanada (Kubera), the Pāṇḍavas thereupon became filled with great joy.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनदेन: by Dhanada (Kubera)
• धनदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रभाषितम्: spoken/uttered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-भाष्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ततः: thereupon/from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तेन: by that (by it/thereby)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• बभूवुः: became/were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural

• सम्प्रहर्षिताः: greatly delighted/overjoyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-हृष्
• Form: Past Passive Participle (used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Pāṇḍavas