Shloka 49

नियोगप्रसङ्गः — The Niyoga Episode: Births of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

Devanagari script

महाभाग्यं च नृपतेर्भारतस्य महात्मन: । यस्येतिहासो द्युतिमान्‌ महाभारतमुच्यते,उन भरतवंशी महात्मा नरेशके महान्‌ सौभाग्यका भी मैं वर्णन करूँगा, जिनका उज्ज्वल इतिहास “महाभारत” नामसे विख्यात है

Transliteration

mahābhāgyaṃ ca nṛpater bhāratasya mahātmanaḥ | yasyetihāso dyutimān mahābhāratam ucyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “I shall also describe the great good fortune of that high-souled king of the Bharata line—he whose radiant history is known as the Mahābhārata.”

Word by Word

• महाभाग्यम्: great good fortune
• महाभाग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नृपतेः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारतस्य: of Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इतिहासः: history, narrative
• इतिहासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्युतिमान्: splendid, radiant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारतम्: the Mahābhārata
• महाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is called
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharata (lineage)
• Mahābhārata (itihāsa)