Shloka 4

Devanagari script

इमां च त्वं नरव्याप्र श्रोतुमहसि मे कथाम्‌ । पुरा शक्रस्य कथितां नारदेन महर्षिणा,पुरुषसिंह! इस विषयमें मैं तुम्हें एक कथा सुना रहा हूँ, उसे सुनो। पूर्वकालमें महर्षि नारदने इन्द्रको यह कथा सुनायी थी

Transliteration

imāṁ ca tvaṁ naravyāghra śrotum arhasi me kathām | purā śakrasya kathitāṁ nāradena maharṣiṇā ||

Translation

โอ้พยัคฆ์ในหมู่มนุษย์ จงสดับเรื่องเล่าของเรานี้เถิด ในกาลก่อน มหาฤๅษีนารทได้เล่าเรื่องเดียวกันนี้แก่ศักระ (อินทรา)

Word by Word

• इमाम्: this (her/this one)
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• नरव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you are fit/ought
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

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

• पुरा: formerly/once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कथिताम्: told/related
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महर्षिणा: by the great sage
• महर्षिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुरुषसिंह: O lion among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nārada
• Śakra (Indra)