Shloka 36

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथेत्युक्त्वा च गत्वा च भीष्ममूचु: कुमारका:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--“बहुत अच्छा” कहकर वे कुमार भीष्मजीके पास गये और ब्राह्यणकी सच्ची बातों तथा उनके उस अद्भुत पराक्रमको भी उन्होंने भीष्मजीसे कह सुनाया। कुमारोंकी बातें सुनकर भीष्मजी समझ गये कि वे आचार्य द्रोण हैं

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tathety uktvā ca gatvā ca Bhīṣmam ūcuḥ kumārakāḥ.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having replied, “So be it,” the young boys went to Bhīṣma and reported to him the truthful words of the brāhmaṇa and the astonishing valor he had displayed. Hearing the boys’ account, Bhīṣma understood that the brāhmaṇa was none other than Ācārya Droṇa.

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

• तथा: thus / so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active, Non-finite

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active, Non-finite

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

• भीष्मम्: Bhīṣma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऊचुः: told / said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुमारकाः: the boys / young lads
• कुमारकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• kumārakāḥ (the boys/youths)
• brāhmaṇa (the brāhmaṇa in question)
• Droṇa (Ācārya Droṇa)