Shloka 37

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य नारदो5यं महातपा: । माहात्म्यस्य तदा विष्णो: सो5यं चक्रगदाधर:

Transliteration

pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya nārado ’yaṃ mahātapāḥ | māhātmyasya tadā viṣṇoḥ so ’yaṃ cakragadādharaḥ ||

Translation

Kaṇva berkata: “Nārada ini, pertapa agung, adalah saksi langsung atas segala sesuatu. Dan yang di sini—pemegang cakra dan gada—dialah Viṣṇu itu sendiri, yang kemuliaannya sedang dituturkan saat itu.”

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षदर्शी: direct witness; one who sees directly
• प्रत्यक्षदर्शी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष-दर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all (things)
• सर्वस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: great ascetic (of great austerity)
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माहात्म्यस्य: of the greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• विष्णोः: of Vishnu
• विष्णोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चक्रगदाधरः: bearer of the discus and mace
• चक्रगदाधरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र-गदा-धर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva
• Nārada
• Viṣṇu
• Cakra (discus)
• Gadā (mace)