Shloka 18

Vāraṇāvata-praveśa and Jatugṛha-saṃdeha

Entry into Vāraṇāvata and Suspicion of the Lac-House

Devanagari script

प्रवादितैश्न वादित्रर्जनकौतूहलेन च । महार्णव इव क्षुब्ध: समाज: सो5भवत्‌ तदा,अनेक प्रकारके बाजोंके बजनेसे तथा मनुष्योंके बढ़ते हुए कौतूहलसे वह जनसमूह उस समय क्षुब्ध महासागरके समान जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | pravāditaiś ca vāditrair janakautūhalena ca | mahārṇava iva kṣubdhaḥ samājaḥ so 'bhavat tadā ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “With many instruments being sounded and with the people’s curiosity rising ever higher, that gathered assembly at that time appeared like a vast ocean, churned and agitated.”

Word by Word

• प्रवादितैः: by the sounded/played (instruments)
• प्रवादितैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवादित (प्र + √वाद्)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• वादित्र: musical instrument
• वादित्र: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जन: of people
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कौतूहलेन: by curiosity/excitement
• कौतूहलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतूहल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• महार्णवः: the great ocean
• Type: Noun
• Root: महार्णव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• क्षुब्धः: agitated, churned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुब्ध (√क्षुभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाजः: assembly, crowd
• समाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: that/he (the crowd)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• vāditra (musical instruments)
• samāja (assembly/crowd)
• mahārṇava (ocean, as simile)