Shloka 31

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)

Devanagari script

सौतिर्वाच एतच्छुत्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठा:स राजा जनमेजय: । विस्मितो5भवदत्यर्थ यज्ञकर्मान्तरेष्वथ

Transliteration

sautir uvāca etac chrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sa rājā janamejayaḥ | vismito 'bhavad atyarthaṁ yajñakarmāntareṣv atha ||

Translation

Sauti berkata: “Wahai yang terbaik di antara kaum dwija, setelah mendengar kisah ini pada sela-sela upacara korban suci, Raja Janamejaya pun diliputi kehairanan yang amat mendalam.”

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 (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this (thing/that)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)!
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

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

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विस्मितः: astonished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अत्यर्थम्: exceedingly, very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थम्

• यज्ञकर्मान्तरेषु: in the intervals/pauses of the sacrificial rites
• यज्ञकर्मान्तरेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञकर्मान्तर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sauti (Ugraśravas)
• Janamejaya
• Dvijaśreṣṭhas (eminent brāhmaṇas)
• Yajña (sacrificial rite)