Shloka 1

Yakṣa-saṃvāda: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Interrogation at the Guarded Water

Devanagari script

/ #:73:.7 #:ड-.ह () हि 2 7-2 पज्चनवर्त्याधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: सत्यवान्‌ और सावित्रीका विवाह तथा सावित्रीका अपनी सेवाओंद्वारा सबको संतुष्ट करना मार्कण्डेय उवाच अथ कन्याप्रदाने स तमेवार्थ विचिन्तयन्‌ । समानिन्ये च तत्‌ सर्व भाण्डं वैवाहिक नृप:,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! तदनन्तर कन्यादानके विषयमें नारदजीके ही कथनपर विचार करते हुए राजा अभश्वपतिने विवाहके लिये सारी सामग्री एकत्र करवायी

Transliteration

Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | atha kanyāpradāne sa tamevārthaṃ vicintayan | samāninye ca tat sarvaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ vaivāhikaṃ nṛpaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, as the king reflected on that very matter of giving his daughter in marriage (kanyā-dāna), in accordance with Nārada’s words, he gathered together all the requisites for the wedding.

Word by Word

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

• कन्याप्रदाने: in the giving of the maiden (kanyadāna)
• कन्याप्रदाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्याप्रदान
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अर्थम्: matter/meaning/purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विचिन्तयन्: thinking/considering
• विचिन्तयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चिन्त्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• समानिन्ये: he brought together/collected
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी
• Form: perfect, third, singular, parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भाण्डम्: equipment/utensils/materials
• भाण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वैवाहिकम्: pertaining to the wedding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवाहिक
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• the king (Aśvapati, implied in context)
• kanyā-dāna (act of giving the daughter)
• vaivāhika-bhāṇḍa (wedding requisites)