Shloka 36

Abhimanyunidhana-prakāśaḥ — Vasudeva–Kṛṣṇa–Subhadrā–Kuntī śoka-saṃvāda

Disclosure and Consolation

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच शृण्वतां तु महाराज कथां तां लोमहर्षणाम्‌ । दुःखशोकपरिकक्‍्लेशा वृष्णीनामभवंस्तदा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca śṛṇvatāṃ tu mahārāja kathāṃ tāṃ lomaharṣaṇām | duḥkhaśokaparikleśā vṛṣṇīnām abhavaṃs tadā ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन बोले—महाराज! उस लोमहर्षक कथा को सुनते ही वृष्णिवंशी लोग दुःख, शोक और क्लेश से व्याकुल हो उठे।

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शृण्वताम्: of (those) listening / while (they) listened
• शृण्वताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथाम्: story/account
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लोमहर्षणाम्: hair-raising, thrilling
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोमहर्षण
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दुःखशोकपरिक्लेशाः: sufferings: grief, sorrow, and affliction
• दुःखशोकपरिक्लेशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःखशोकपरिक्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वृष्णीनाम्: of the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अभवन्: arose / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (Janamejaya)
• Vṛṣṇis