Shloka 2

Śakuntalā’s Satya-Discourse and the Recognition of Bharata (शकुन्तला–सत्योपदेशः; भरतप्रतिग्रहः)

Devanagari script

दुष्यन्तेन च वीरेण यथा प्राप्ता शकुन्तला | त॑ वै पुरुषसिंहस्य भगवन्‌ विस्तरं त्वहम्‌

Transliteration

janamejaya uvāca | duṣyantena ca vīreṇa yathā prāptā śakuntalā | taṁ vai puruṣasiṁhasya bhagavan vistaraṁ tv aham |

Translation

Janamejaya said: “Revered sir, please tell me in full detail how Śakuntalā came to be obtained (won as wife) by the heroic Duṣyanta—that lion among men; for I wish to hear the complete account.”

Word by Word

• दुष्यन्तेन: by Duṣyanta
• दुष्यन्तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्यन्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• वीरेण: by the hero/brave one
• वीरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: how; in what manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्राप्ता: obtained/attained (met with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• शकुन्तला: Śakuntalā
• शकुन्तला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुन्तला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter/that account)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पुरुषसिंहस्य: of the lion among men (best of men)
• पुरुषसिंहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भगवन्: O venerable one (Bhagavan)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विस्तरम्: in detail; the full account
• विस्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but; however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• जनमेजय (Janamejaya)
• दुष्यन्त (Duṣyanta)
• शकुन्तला (Śakuntalā)