Shloka 1

Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ

Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ५३ “लोक मिलाकर कुल ४५३ श्लोक हैं) #द-3८5>> | अर । जम ३. संगीतमें नृत्य

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | atha tatropaviṣṭeṣu pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu | mahatsu copaviṣṭeṣu gandharveṣu ca bhārata ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。さて、バーラタよ（ジャナメージャヤよ）、そのとき大魂のパーンダヴァたちがそこに座し、ほかの大人物たちも、さらにガンダルヴァたちも同じく座していた。かくして王の सभाは、教えをもたらす一つの邂逅が展開するための舞台を整えていた。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• उपविष्टेषु: when (they were) seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पाण्डवेषु: among the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• महात्मसु: great-souled
• महात्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• महत्सु: great (ones)
• महत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उपविष्टेषु: when (they were) seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• गन्धर्वेषु: among the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by address 'Bhārata')
• Pāṇḍavas
• Gandharvas
• Sabhā (assembly hall; implied by context 'tatra')