Shloka 6

Sātyaki’s Assurance and the Protection of Dharmarāja (सात्यकिवचनम्—धर्मराजरक्षणविचारः)

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्‌ कथयामास यथा दृष्टं धनंजय: । आश्चासनार्थ सुदह्ददां ऋ्यम्बकेण समागमम्‌,यों कहकर अर्जुन अपने सुहृदोंके आश्वासनके लिये जिस प्रकार भगवान्‌ शंकरसे मिलनका स्वप्न देखा था, वह सब कह सुनाया

Transliteration

tatas tat kathayāmāsa yathā dṛṣṭaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ | āśvāsanārthaṃ suhṛdāṃ tryambakeṇa samāgamam ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Then Dhananjaya (Arjuna) related everything exactly as he had seen it—how, for the reassurance of his dear companions, he had beheld in a dream his meeting with Tryambaka (Lord Śiva).

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तत्: that (thing/matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कथयामास: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (कथयति)
• Form: perfect (periphrastic), third, singular, parasmaipada

• यथा: as, in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: past passive participle, neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आश्वासनार्थम्: for the purpose of reassurance
• आश्वासनार्थम्: Prayojana (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वासनार्थ
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सुहृदाम्: of (his) friends/well-wishers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• त्र्यम्बकेण: with Tryambaka (Śiva)
• त्र्यम्बकेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्र्यम्बक
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• समागमम्: meeting, encounter
• समागमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna (Dhananjaya)
• Shiva (Tryambaka)
• Arjuna's friends/allies (suhṛd)