Shloka 1

Marutta Seeks a Priest: Bṛhaspati’s Refusal and Nārada’s Guidance to Saṃvarta

Chapter 6

Devanagari script

व्यासजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! इस प्रसंगमें बुद्धिमान्‌ राजा मरुत्त और बृहस्पतिके इस पुरातन संवादविषयक इतिहासका उल्लेख किया जाता है

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca—rājan! asmin prasange buddhimān rājā maruttaḥ bṛhaspateś ca etat purātana-saṃvāda-viṣayakam itihāsaṃ smaryate.

Translation

วยาสะกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระราชา! ในวาระนี้มีการรำลึกถึงเรื่องราวโบราณ อันว่าด้วยบทสนทนาระหว่างพระเจ้ามรุตตะผู้ทรงปรีชา กับพรหัศปติ”

Word by Word

• व्यासजी: Vyasa (honorific)
• व्यासजी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कहते: say
• कहते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• हैं: are (auxiliary)
• हैं: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

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

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रसङ्गे: in the context/occasion
• प्रसङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बुद्धिमान्: wise
• बुद्धिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मरुत्त: Marutta
• मरुत्त: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बृहस्पतेः: of Brihaspati
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• पुरातन: ancient
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• संवाद: dialogue
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयक: concerning/pertaining to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषयक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इतिहासस्य: of the historical account
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उल्लेखः: mention/reference
• उल्लेखः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्लेख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रियते: is made/is done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Marutta
• Bṛhaspati