Shloka 61

द्रोणेन केकय-चेदि-वीरवधः

Droṇa’s engagements with the Kekayas and Cedis

Devanagari script

कूर्ममत्स्यगणाकीर्णमगाधमृषिसेवितम्‌ । आगच्छन्नारदमुनिर्दर्शनार्थ कृतं क्षणात्‌,वह अगाध जलाशय कछुओं और मछलियोंसे भरा था। ऋषिगण उसका सेवन करते थे। तत्काल प्रकट किये हुए ऐसी योग्यतावाले उस सरोवरका दर्शन करनेके लिये देवर्षि नारदजी वहाँ आये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

kūrma-matsya-gaṇākīrṇam agādham ṛṣi-sevitam |

āgacchan nārada-munir darśanārthaṃ kṛtaṃ kṣaṇāt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That deep lake, crowded with groups of turtles and fish and frequented by sages, had been brought into being in an instant. Wishing to behold this marvel, the divine seer Nārada came there.”

Word by Word

• कूर्म: tortoises
• कूर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मत्स्य: fishes
• मत्स्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गण: by groups/multitudes
• गण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आकीर्णम्: filled, crowded
• आकीर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-कीर्ण (√कॄ/कीर्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अगाधम्: very deep, unfathomable
• अगाधम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगाध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषि: by sages
• ऋषि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सेवितम्: frequented, resorted to
• सेवितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (√सेव्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आगच्छन्: coming, arriving
• आगच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गच्छत् (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारद: Narada
• नारद: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दर्शनार्थम्: for the purpose of seeing
• दर्शनार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन + अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: made, created
• कृतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (√कृ)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षणात्: in an instant, immediately
• क्षणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nārada
• ṛṣis (sages)
• lake/pond (jalāśaya/saras implied)
• turtles
• fish