Shloka 8

Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna Saṃvāda in Indraprastha: Consolation, Legitimation, and Leave for Dvārakā (आश्वमेधिकपर्व, अध्याय १५)

Devanagari script

मधुरास्तु कथाश्षित्राश्षित्रार्थपदनिश्चया: । निश्चयज्ञ: स पार्थाय कथयामास केशव:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

madhurās tu kathāś citrāś citrārthapadaniścayāḥ |

niścayajñaḥ sa pārthāya kathayāmāsa keśavaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Kisah-kisah itu manis didengar, beraneka dan hidup, dan maknanya diteguhkan dengan kata-kata yang terpilih. Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), yang mahir menilai apa yang pasti dan benar, menceritakannya kepada Pārtha (Arjuna).

Word by Word

• मधुराः: sweet, pleasant
• मधुराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कथाः: stories, narrations
• कथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• चित्राः: variegated, wonderful
• चित्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• चित्रार्थपदनिश्चयाः: having determinate (clear) words and meanings that are striking/wonderful
• चित्रार्थपदनिश्चयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्रार्थपदनिश्चय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• निश्चयज्ञः: knower of certainty/decision; one who knows the conclusion
• निश्चयज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चयज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थाय: to Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• कथयामास: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular

• केशवः: Keshava (Krishna)
• केशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)