Shloka 31

Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana

The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply

Devanagari script

जगुः सामानि गन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः / व्याजह्रुर्मुनयो वाचं चित्राक्षरपदां शुभाम्

Transliteration

jaguḥ sāmāni gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ / vyājahrurmunayo vācaṃ citrākṣarapadāṃ śubhām

Translation

Les gandharvas chantèrent les hymnes du Sāma et les troupes d’apsaras dansèrent ; les sages proférèrent une parole propice, ornée de syllabes et de vers aux lettres chatoyantes.

Word by Word

• jaguḥ: they sang
• jaguḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gai गै (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• sāmāni: Sāman chants
• sāmāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• gandharvāḥ: the gandharvas
• gandharvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• nanṛtuḥ: they danced
• nanṛtuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nṛt नृत् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• apsarogaṇāḥ: the groups of apsarases
• apsarogaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: apsaras-gaṇa; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vyājahruḥ: they uttered/recited forth
• vyājahruḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ā-√hṛ हृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद); with preverbs vi- + ā-

• munayaḥ: the sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vācam: speech, utterance
• vācam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• citra-akṣara-padām: having wondrous syllables and words
• citra-akṣara-padām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citra + akṣara + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (multi-member): citra-akṣara-pada; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying vācam

• śubhām: auspicious
• śubhām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying vācam