Shloka 1

अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः

Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption

Devanagari script

है ० बक। ] अति: चतुस्त्रिंशो 5 ध्याय: मरे हुए पुरुषोंका अपने पूर्व शरीरसे ही यहाँ पुन: दर्शन देना सम्भव है

Transliteration

Sautiḥ uvāca—etac chrutvā nṛpo vidvān hṛṣṭo ’bhūj Janamejayaḥ | pitāmahānāṁ sarveṣāṁ gamanāgamanam tadā ||

Translation

सौति बोले—अपने समस्त पितामहों के इस प्रकार परलोक से आने और जाने का वृत्तान्त सुनकर विद्वान् राजा जनमेजय अत्यन्त प्रसन्न हुए।

Word by Word

• etac: this (thing)
• etac: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada (sense)

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vidvān: wise, learned
• vidvān: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidvas
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• abhūt: became, was
• abhūt: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• janamejayaḥ: Janamejaya
• janamejayaḥ: Karta
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: janamejaya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• pitāmahānām: of the grandfathers/ancestors
• pitāmahānām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• gamana-āgamanam: coming and going
• gamana-āgamanam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: gamana + āgamana
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Janamejaya
• pitāmahāḥ (forefathers/ancestors)