Shloka 3

Devanagari script

भार्गवेणापि राजेन्द्र जनकस्य निवेशने । कथैषा कथिता पुण्या नारदाय महात्मने,राजेन्द्र! च्यवनने भी राजा जनकके दरबारमें महात्मा नारदजीसे यह पवित्र कथा कही

Transliteration

bhārgaveṇāpi rājendra janakasya niveśane | kathaiṣā kathitā puṇyā nāradāya mahātmane ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—రాజేంద్రా! జనకుని రాజనివాసంలో భార్గవ ముని కూడా మహాత్మ నారదునికి ఈ పుణ్యకథను చెప్పెను।

Word by Word

• भार्गवेण: by Bhargava (Cyavana)
• भार्गवेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जनकस्य: of Janaka
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निवेशने: in the residence/assembly (court)
• निवेशने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कथा: story/tale
• कथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कथिता: was told/related
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• पुण्या: holy/meritorious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नारदाय: to Narada
• नारदाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārgava (sage of Bhṛgu lineage)
• Janaka
• Nārada
• Janaka’s residence/royal court (niveśana)