Shloka 216

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

उवाच वचन धीमान्‌ परमं परमद्युति: । वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! मार्कण्डेयजीकी यह बात सुनकर परम तेजस्वी और बुद्धिमान कुरुकुलरत्न राजा युधिष्ठिरने यह उत्तम वचन कहा--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca — janamejaya! mārkaṇḍeyasya etad vacanaṃ śrutvā paramatejā dhīmān kurukularatnaḥ rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ idaṃ paramam uttamaṃ vacanam uvāca.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Janamejaya! Having heard this statement of the sage Mārkaṇḍeya, the supremely radiant and wise jewel of the Kuru line—King Yudhiṣṭhira—spoke these excellent words.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'उवाच (uvāca)', 'definition': 'said

• spoke'}, {'term': 'वचनम् (vacanam)', 'definition': 'speech

• words'}, {'term': 'धीमान् (dhīmān)', 'definition': 'wise

• discerning'}, {'term': 'परमम् (paramam)', 'definition': 'supreme

• excellent'}, {'term': 'परमद्युति/परमतेजस् (paramadyuti/paramatejas)', 'definition': 'of supreme splendor

• exceedingly radiant/majestic'}, {'term': 'श्रुत्वा (śrutvā)', 'definition': 'having heard'}, {'term': 'कुरुकुलरत्न (kurukularatna)', 'definition': '‘jewel of the Kuru dynasty’

• an honorific for a foremost Kuru'}, {'term': 'राजा (rājā)', 'definition': 'king'}, {'term': 'युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ)', 'definition': 'Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava)'}, {'term': 'जनमेजय (janamejaya)', 'definition': 'Janamejaya (listener/king addressed by the narrator)'}, {'term': 'मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya)', 'definition': 'Mārkaṇḍeya (sage)'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuru dynasty