Shloka 17

गदायुद्ध-समारम्भः

Commencement of the Mace-Duel Proceedings

Devanagari script

तथा तु तिष्ठतां तेषां नारदो भगवानृषि:

Transliteration

tathā tu tiṣṭhatāṃ teṣāṃ nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ

Translation

As they remained standing there, the venerable sage Nārada arrived—an authoritative seer whose presence typically signals counsel, moral clarification, or the turning of events through higher insight.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तिष्ठताम्: while (two) were standing / as (they) stood
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 3rd, dual, परस्मैपदम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भगवान्: venerable, divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ऋषिः: sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada