Shloka 96

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

ततो मामब्रवीद्‌ बाल: स पद्मनिभलोचन: । श्रीवत्सधारी द्युतिमान्‌ वाक्‍्यं श्रुतिसुखावहम्‌

Transliteration

tato mām abravīd bālaḥ sa padmanibhalocanaḥ | śrīvatsadhārī dyutimān vākyaṃ śrutisukhāvaham ||

Translation

Then that radiant boy, lotus-eyed and bearing the mark of Śrīvatsa, addressed me with words that were pleasing to hear—gentle in sound and soothing to the listener.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: —, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (वचने)
• Form: Tense: Imperfect (Laṅ), Person: 3rd, Number: Singular

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• पद्मनिभलोचनः: whose eyes are like lotuses
• पद्मनिभलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म-निभ-लोचन
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• श्रीवत्सधारी: bearing the Śrīvatsa mark
• श्रीवत्सधारी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीवत्स-धारिन्
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• द्युतिमान्: radiant, splendid
• द्युतिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• वाक्यम्: a speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Gender: Neuter, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• श्रुतिसुखावहम्: bringing pleasure to the hearing
• श्रुतिसुखावहम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुति-सुख-आवह
• Form: Gender: Neuter, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• the boy (bālaḥ)
• Śrīvatsa (mark/emblem)