Shloka 5

Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation

Sumitra Itihāsa Begins

Devanagari script

इन्द्रप्रस्थे महाराज तव सभ्रातृकस्य ह । सभायां चाह वचन तत्‌ सर्व शृणु भारत

Transliteration

indraprasthe mahārāja tava sabhrātṛkasya ha | sabhāyāṃ cāha vacana tat sarvaṃ śṛṇu bhārata ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်— «မဟာဘုရင်အို၊ အင်ဒြပရသ္ထ၌ သင်သည် ညီအစ်ကိုတို့နှင့်အတူရှိစဉ်၊ ရာဇသဘင်၌ စကားတစ်ရပ် ပြောကြားခဲ့သည်။ အို ဘာရတ၊ ထိုအကြောင်းအရာ အလုံးစုံကို နားထောင်လော့»

Word by Word

• इन्द्रप्रस्थे: in Indraprastha
• इन्द्रप्रस्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रप्रस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सभ्रातृकस्य: together with (your) brothers
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सभ्रातृक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ह: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• सभायाम्: in the assembly hall
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• अह: said (particle indicating speech; = आह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह

• वचनम्: a word/speech
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: hear/listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira (implied by address mahārāja/bhārata)
• Indraprastha
• brothers of the king (Pandavas, implied)
• sabhā (royal assembly)