Shloka 22

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

इत्येवं वदतां तेषां पुंसां कर्णसुखा गिर:

Transliteration

ity evaṁ vadatāṁ teṣāṁ puṁsāṁ karṇasukhā giraḥ

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dit : « Ainsi, tandis que ces hommes parlaient, leurs paroles étaient agréables à l’oreille. »

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवं: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• वदताम्: of (those) speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine/Neuter (contextually masculine), Genitive, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पुंसाम्: of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस् (पुमान्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कर्णसुखाः: pleasant to the ear
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्णसुख
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गिरः: words/speeches
• गिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• men/persons (puṁsaḥ)