Shloka 21

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

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Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच मार्कण्डेयवच: श्रुत्वा कुरूणां प्रवरो नृप:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca mārkaṇḍeyavacaḥ śrutvā kurūṇāṁ pravaro nṛpaḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Nghe lời Mārkaṇḍeya, vị vua—bậc đứng đầu dòng Kuru—(liền đáp lời/thi hành theo).

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मार्कण्डेय: of Mārkaṇḍeya
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रवरः: the foremost; best
• प्रवरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृपः: king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Kuru(s)
• nṛpa (the king)