Shloka 13

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

तेषां कथयतामेव पुरुषो<र्जुनसंकथा:

Transliteration

Teṣāṁ kathayatām eva puruṣo 'rjuna-saṅkathāḥ.

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Mesmo enquanto conversavam entre si, a fala voltou-se para Arjuna—seus feitos e sua história tornaram-se o próprio assunto do diálogo.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• कथयताम्: while (they) were narrating/speaking
• कथयताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (कथयति)
• Form: present, third, plural, active, participle-like (present active participle used in genitive plural)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अर्जुनसंकथाः: talks/stories about Arjuna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन-संकथा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Arjuna