Mahabharata 1.49.2 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 49, Shloka 2

Āstīka’s Commission and Approach to Janamejaya’s Sarpa-satra (आस्तीक-प्रेषणं यज्ञप्रवेशोपक्रमश्च)

Devanagari script

सौतिर्वाच शणु ब्रह्मन्‌ यथापृच्छन्मन्त्रिणो नृपतिस्तदा । यथा चाख्यातवन्तस्ते निधनं तत्‌ परीक्षित:

Translation

سوتی نے کہا—“اے برہمن! سنو۔ اُس وقت نَرپتی نے وزیروں سے جیسا پوچھا تھا، اور انہوں نے پریکشِت کی موت کے بارے میں جیسا بیان کیا تھا—وہ سب میں سناتا ہوں۔”

Word by Word

• सौतिः: Sauti (Ugraśravas), the narrator
• सौतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शृणु: hear, listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यथा: how, in what manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अपृच्छत्: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मन्त्रिणः: the ministers
• मन्त्रिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नृपतिः: the king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यथा: how, in what manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• आख्यातवन्तः: having told, reported
• आख्यातवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (आख्यात)
• Form: क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निधनम्: death, demise
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परीक्षितः: of Parīkṣit
• Type: Noun
• Root: परीक्षित्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच