Shloka 2

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

अथाचष्ट मार्कण्डेयो< पूर्वमिदं श्रूयतां ब्राह्मणानां चरितम्‌,तब मार्कण्डेयजीने कहा--'राजन्‌! ब्राह्मणोंक इस अद्भुत चरित्रका श्रवण करो

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: athācaṣṭa Mārkaṇḍeyo—pūrvam idaṃ śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ caritam.

Translation

Lalu Mārkaṇḍeya berkata, “Wahai raja, mula-mula dengarkanlah kisah menakjubkan tentang laku para Brahmana ini.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आचष्ट: says/tells
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Lat (present), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• मार्कण्डेयः: Markandeya (sage)
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly/earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard / please listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Lot (imperative), 3, singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• चरितम्: deed/story/conduct
• चरितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)
• rājan (the king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)