Shloka 20
Janamejaya’s Request for Expansion; Vaiśampāyana’s Authorization and Phalāśruti of the Mahābhārata
Jaya
Devanagari script
सौतिर्वाच पतिष्यमाणे नागेन्द्रे तक्षके जातवेदसि । इदमन्तरमित्येव तदा55स्तीको5 भ्यचोदयत्,उग्रश्रवाजी कहते हैं--शौनक! नागराज तक्षक अब कुछ ही क्षणोंमें आगकी ज्वालामें गिरनेवाला था। उस समय आस्तीकने यह सोचकर कि “यही वर माँगनेका अच्छा अवसर है' राजाको वर देनेके लिये प्रेरित किया
Transliteration
Sautir uvāca—patiṣyamāṇe nāgendre takṣake jātavedasi | idam antaram ity eva tadā āstīko 'bhyacodayat ||
Translation
ဆောတိက ပြောသည်– တက္ခက နဂါးဘုရင်သည် ယဇ္ဉမီးထဲသို့ ကျလုနီးပါး ဖြစ်လာသောအခါ၊ အာစတီကက «ဤအချိန်ကာလပင် သင့်တော်သော အခိုက်အတန့်» ဟု တွေးကာ မင်းကို ဆုတောင်းပေးရန် လှုံ့ဆော်하였다။
Word by Word
सौतिःSauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
सौतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular
पतिष्यमाणेwhen (he) was about to fall
पतिष्यमाणे:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, Future active participle (शतृ/शानच्-type: पतिष्यत् > पतिष्यमाण)
नागेन्द्रेin/with regard to the lord of serpents
नागेन्द्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनागेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तक्षकेin/with regard to Takṣaka
तक्षके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
जातवेदसिin the fire (Jātavedas)
जातवेदसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
अन्तरम्interval; opportunity
अन्तरम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
आस्तीकःĀstīka
आस्तीकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआस्तीक (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अभ्यचोदयत्urged; prompted
अभ्यचोदयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचुद्/चोद् (धातु)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि
Speaker
जनमेजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
Sauti (Ugraśravas)Ś
ŚaunakaT
TakṣakaĀ
ĀstīkaJ
Jātavedas (Agni, sacrificial fire)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes