Shloka 29

Devanagari script

असकृच्चापि मेधावी कृष्णद्वैपायनो मम । कथामेतां महाभाग कथयामास तत्त्ववित्‌,“महाभाग! परम बुद्धिमान्‌ तत्त्ववेत्ता महर्षि श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायनने भी बारंबार मुझसे यही बात कही है

Transliteration

asakṛc cāpi medhāvī kṛṣṇadvaipāyano mama | kathām etāṃ mahābhāga kathayāmāsa tattvavit ||

Translation

ହେ ମହାଭାଗ! ପରମ ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱଜ୍ଞ ମହର୍ଷି ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣଦ୍ୱୈପାୟନ (ବ୍ୟାସ) ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହି ଏକେ କଥା ମୋତେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ କହିଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• असकृत्: repeatedly, many times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मेधावी: intelligent, wise
• मेधावी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेधाविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कथाम्: story, account
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एताम्: this
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथयामास: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (कथयति)
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular

• तत्त्ववित्: knower of truth/reality
• तत्त्ववित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्वविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saṃjaya
• Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)