Shloka 4
Pratisarga-pravartana (How Re-Creation Proceeds) / पुनःसर्ग-प्रवर्तन
Devanagari script
तत्कथ्यमानमस्माकं भवता श्लक्ष्णया गिरा / मनः कर्णसुखं सौते प्रीणात्यमृतसन्निभम्
Transliteration
tatkathyamānamasmākaṃ bhavatā ślakṣṇayā girā / manaḥ karṇasukhaṃ saute prīṇātyamṛtasannibham
Translation
Ô Sūta ! Ce récit que tu nous dis d’une parole douce réjouit l’esprit et charme l’oreille ; il nous comble tel l’amṛta.
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म/object; referent)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; deictic referring to the narrative
kathyamānambeing narrated
kathyamānam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeVerb
Rootkathyamāna (कृदन्त; √kath (कथ्) धातु, कर्मणि-प्रयोग)
FormPresent passive participle (शानच्/मान), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; 'being told'
asmākamof us; for us
asmākam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/of)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
bhavatāby you
bhavatā:
Karana (करण/agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (भवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; honorific
ślakṣṇayāwith gentle/smooth
ślakṣṇayā:
Karana (करण/means)
TypeAdjective
Rootślakṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; agrees with girā
girāspeech; voice
girā:
Karana (करण/means)
TypeNoun
Rootgir (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
manaḥthe mind
manaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
karṇa-sukhampleasing to the ear
karṇa-sukham:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootkarṇa + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: karṇasya sukham (pleasant to the ear); agrees with manaḥ (predicative adjective)
sauteO Sūta
saute:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
prīṇātipleases; delights
prīṇāti:
Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√prī (प्री) धातु
FormLaṭ (लट्/present), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Singular
amṛta-sannibhamlike nectar
amṛta-sannibham:
Karma (कर्म/object complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootamṛta + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; compound: amṛtasya sannibham (like nectar); object-complement/predicate to implied 'it'