Shloka 51

कुरुवंशप्रश्नः—दुःषन्तस्य राजधर्मवर्णनम्

Kuru Lineage Inquiry and the Portrait of King Duḥṣanta’s Rule

Devanagari script

पारिक्षितकथां दिव्यां पुण्याय विजयाय च । कथ्यमानां मया कृत्स्नां शृणु हर्षकरीमिमाम्‌,जनमेजय! मेरे द्वारा कही हुई इस आनन्ददायिनी दिव्य कथाको तुम पुण्य और विजयकी प्राप्तिके लिये पूर्णरूपसे सुनो

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pārīkṣitakathāṃ divyāṃ puṇyāya vijayāya ca | kathyamānāṃ mayā kṛtsnāṃ śṛṇu harṣakarīm imām, janamejaya ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó Janamejaya, ouve por inteiro este relato divino e jubiloso de Parīkṣit, tal como eu o narro, para obter mérito e vitória.”

Word by Word

• पारिक्षितकथाम्: the story of Parikshit
• पारिक्षितकथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिक्षितकथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्याय: for merit
• पुण्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• विजयाय: for victory
• विजयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

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

• कथ्यमानाम्: being narrated
• कथ्यमानाम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Feminine, Accusative, Singular, Passive

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• कृत्स्नाम्: entire, complete
• कृत्स्नाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• हर्षकरीम्: joy-producing
• हर्षकरीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षकरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जनमेजय: O Janamejaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Parīkṣit