Shloka 11

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

इदं शतसहस्राद्धि भारताख्यानविस्तरात्‌

Transliteration

idaṁ śatasahasrāddhi bhāratākhyānavistarāt

Translation

Dijo Janamejaya: «Este relato, en verdad, procede de la narración ampliada del Bhārata: la gran historia que se extiende hasta cien mil (versos).»

Word by Word

• इदम्: this (text/thing)
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शतसहस्रात्: from a hundred thousand (verses/units)
• शतसहस्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भारताख्यानविस्तरात्: from the extensive narration of the Bhārata
• भारताख्यानविस्तरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत-आख्यान-विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Bhārata (Mahābhārata)