Shloka 2

कुन्ती–व्याससंवादः

Kuntī–Vyāsa Dialogue on Durvāsā’s Boon and Karṇa’s Birth

Devanagari script

वन॑ प्रविशतानेन वायुभक्षेण धीमता । अग्नय: कारयित्वेष्टिमुत्सृष्टा इति न: श्रुतम्‌,हमारे सुननेमें आया है कि वायु पीकर रहनेवाले वे बुद्धिमान्‌ नरेश जब घने वनमें प्रवेश करने लगे, उस समय उन्होंने याजकोंद्वारा इष्टि कराकर तीनों अग्नियोंको वहीं त्याग दिया

Transliteration

vanaṁ praviśatānena vāyubhakṣeṇa dhīmatā | agnayaḥ kārayitveṣṭim utsṛṣṭā iti naḥ śrutam |

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「聞くところによれば、あの賢王—風のみを糧として生きた者—が深い森へ入ろうとしたとき、祭官たちに iṣṭi の祭儀を執り行わせ、そののち三つの聖火をそこに捨て置いたという。」

Word by Word

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविशता: while (they two) were entering
• प्रविशता: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Present, Dual, Parasmaipada, Shatr (present active participle), Masculine, Locative

• अनेन: by this / with this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वायुभक्षेण: by the air-eater (one living on air)
• वायुभक्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायुभक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धीमता: by/with the wise (one)
• धीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अग्नयः: the fires
• अग्नयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कारयित्वा: having caused (to be done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कारय् (णिच् of कृ)
• Form: Past, Parasmaipada, Absolutive (त्वा)

• इष्टिम्: a sacrifice/oblation (iṣṭi)
• इष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृष्टाः: abandoned/left behind
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-सृज्
• Form: Past, Plural, Passive (PPP), Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नः: of us / to us
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• श्रुतम्: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Past, Singular, Passive (PPP), Past passive participle, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• the wise king (unnamed here)
• forest (vana)
• priests (implied by kārayitvā)
• three sacred fires (agnayaḥ; understood as the triad of ritual fires)