Shloka 7

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Strategic containment and Indra’s rain (Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 217)

Devanagari script

ततोअ्र्जुनो यथावृत्तं सर्वमाख्यातवांस्तदा । श्रुत्वोवाच च वार्ष्णेय एवमेतदिति प्रभु:,यह सुनकर अर्जुनने उन्हें सारा वृत्तान्त ज्यों-का-त्यों सुना दिया। सब कुछ सुनकर भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण बोले--“यह बात ऐसी ही है!

Transliteration

tato 'rjuno yathāvṛttaṃ sarvam ākhyātavāṃs tadā | śrutvovāca ca vārṣṇeya evam etad iti prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Pagkaraan, isinalaysay ni Arjuna ang buong pangyayari, gaya na gaya ng naganap. Nang marinig ang lahat, ang Panginoon—si Kṛṣṇa ng angkan ng Vṛṣṇi—ay nagsabi, “Ganyan nga; ang bagay na ito ay tunay na ayon sa iyong sinabi.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा-वृत्तम्: as it happened; exactly as occurred
• यथा-वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातवान्: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

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

• वार्ष्णेयः: Vārṣṇeya (Krishna, descendant of Vṛṣṇi)
• वार्ष्णेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this (matter)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रभुः: the Lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya)