Shloka 1

Arjuna meets the Lokapālas, is tested by Indra, and is led to Amarāvatī for astra-śikṣā

Indraloka-gamana

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--शत्रुदमन नरेश! तदनन्तर सूर्योदय होनेपर आ्टिषिणसहित धौम्यजी नित्यकर्म पूरा करके पाण्डवोंके पास आये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca—śatrudamana nareśa! tad-anantaraṁ sūryodaye sati, ṛṣigaṇasahitaḥ Dhaumyaḥ nityakarma samāpya Pāṇḍavān upāgamat.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, tamer of foes! Thereafter, when the sun had risen, Dhaumya—accompanied by the sages—having completed his daily religious duties, came to the Pāṇḍavas.”

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana (the narrator)
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• शत्रुदमन: O tamer of enemies
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुदमन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तदनन्तरम्: thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदनन्तर

• सूर्योदयः: sunrise
• सूर्योदयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्योदय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूत्वा: having become / having occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

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

• सहितः: accompanied (by)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya (the priest)
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यकर्म: daily rites/duties
• नित्यकर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्यकर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समाप्य: having completed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपागमत्: approached / came to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + गम्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (addressed as śatrudamana nareśa)
• Dhaumya
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Sunrise (Sūryodaya)