Shloka 4

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Duryodhana Saṃvāda on Restraint and Rājānīti

Chapter 50

Devanagari script

सौतिर्वाच एवमुक्तस्ततो राज्ञा व्यासशिष्य: प्रतापवान्‌ । आचचक्षेड्थ यद्‌ वृत्तं तत्‌ सर्व वेदतत्त्ववित्‌,सौति कहते हैं--राजाके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर व्यासजीके प्रतापी शिष्य वेदतत्त्वज्ञ वैशम्पायनजी वह सब प्रसंग सुनाने लगे

Transliteration

sautir uvāca evam uktas tato rājñā vyāsaśiṣyaḥ pratāpavān | ācacakṣed atha yad vṛttaṃ tat sarvaṃ vedatattvavit ||

Translation

സൗതി പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവ് ഇങ്ങനെ ചോദിച്ചതോടെ, വേദതത്ത്വജ്ഞനും പ്രതാപശാലിയുമായ വ്യാസശിഷ്യൻ വൈശമ്പായനൻ സംഭവിച്ചതെല്ലാം വിവരിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• सौतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सौतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been addressed / asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राज्ञा: by the king
• राज्ञा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• व्यास: Vyāsa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), Singular

• शिष्यः: disciple (of Vyāsa)
• शिष्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आचचक्षे: related, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

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

• यत्: which, what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वृत्तम्: event, occurrence, account
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, entirely
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वेद: Veda
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), Singular

• तत्त्व: truth, essence
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Stem (in compound), Singular

• वित्: knower (of the Vedic truth)
• वित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्
• Form: क्विप् (वित्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• the King (Janamejaya, by context)
• Vyāsa
• Vaiśampāyana