Shloka 26

नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal

Devanagari script

जजाप विधिवन्‍न्मन्त्रान्‌ नारायणगतान्‌ बहून्‌ । दिव्यं वर्षसमहसत्रं हि नरनारायणाश्रमे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | jajāpa vidhivan mantrān nārāyaṇagatān bahūn | divyaṁ varṣa-sahasraṁ hi nara-nārāyaṇāśrame |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Il récita selon le rite de nombreux mantras voués à Nārāyaṇa ; et il demeura, en vérité, dans l’ermitage de Nara et de Nārāyaṇa durant mille années divines.

Word by Word

• जजाप: chanted/recited (repeatedly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), perfect, 3, singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• मन्त्रान्: mantras
• मन्त्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• नारायणगतान्: directed to/concerned with Nārāyaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणगत
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• बहून्: many
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वर्षसहस्रम्: a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षसहस्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• नरनारायणाश्रमे: in the hermitage of Nara-Nārāyaṇa
• नरनारायणाश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरनारायणाश्रम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nārāyaṇa
• Nara-Nārāyaṇa
• Nara-Nārāyaṇa Āśrama