Shloka 3

और्वकृत-क्रोधाग्नि-निग्रहः

Aurva’s Containment of the Wrath-Fire

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्त: स गन्धर्व: कुन्तीपुत्रं धनंजयम्‌ । विश्रुतां त्रिषु लोकेषु श्रावयामास वै कथाम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! उनके यों कहनेपर गन्धर्वने कुन्तीनन्दन धनंजयको वह कथा सुनानी प्रारम्भ की, जो तीनों लोकोंमें विख्यात है

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktaḥ sa gandharvaḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanañjayam | viśrutāṃ triṣu lokeṣu śrāvayāmāsa vai kathām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Thus addressed, that Gandharva began to recount to Dhanañjaya, the son of Kuntī, a tale renowned throughout the three worlds—setting before him a widely celebrated account meant to instruct as well as to inform.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

सःhe

गन्धर्वःthe Gandharva

कुन्तीपुत्रम्Kuntī's son

धनंजयम्Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

विश्रुताम्well-known, renowned

त्रिषुin three

लोकेषुin the worlds

श्रावयामासcaused to hear / recited / narrated

वैindeed

कथाम्story, account

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gandharva

Kuntī

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Tri-loka (three worlds)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes