Shloka 3
Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana
The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply
Devanagari script
आचख्यौ विस्तरेणैव पर कौतूहलं हि नः / इति संचोदितः सूतः प्रत्युवाच शुभं वचः
Transliteration
ācakhyau vistareṇaiva para kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ / iti saṃcoditaḥ sūtaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vacaḥ
Translation
اے بزرگ، تفصیل سے بیان کیجیے؛ ہمیں بڑا اشتیاق ہے۔ یوں ابھارے جانے پر سوت نے مبارک کلام میں جواب دیا۔
Word by Word
ācakhyauhe narrated/told
ācakhyau:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√khyā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
vistareṇain detail
vistareṇa:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvistara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; adverbial use
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
paraO sir
para:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative particle/indeclinable address (सम्बोधन-निपात)
kautūhalamcuriosity
kautūhalam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkautūhala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
hiindeed/for
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic/causal particle (निपात)
naḥof us/our
naḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन); enclitic form
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (उद्धरण-निपात)
saṃcoditaḥprompted/urged
saṃcoditaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√cud (धातु) + -ta (कृत्)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'having been urged'
sūtaḥthe Sūta (narrator)
sūtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
pratyuvācareplied
pratyuvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√vac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada
śubhamauspicious
śubham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying vacaḥ
vacaḥwords/speech
vacaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvac (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular