Shloka 21

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 90 — Pūror Vaṃśa, Kuru-Pravara, and the Janamejaya Line

Genealogical Recitation

Devanagari script

एतावन्मे विदितं राजसिंह ततो भ्रष्टो5हं नन्दनात्‌ क्षीणपुण्य: । वाचो<5श्रौष॑ चान्तरिक्षे सुराणां सानुक्रोशा: शोचतां मां नरेन्द्र,राजशिरोमणे! मुझे इतना ही ज्ञात हो सका है। तदनन्तर पुण्य क्षीण हो जानेके कारण मैं नन्दनवनसे नीचे गिर पड़ा। नरेन्द्र! उस समय मेरे लिये शोक करनेवाले देवताओंकी अन्तरिक्षमें यह दयाभरी वाणी सुनायी पड़ी--

Transliteration

etāvan me viditaṃ rājasimha tato bhraṣṭo'haṃ nandanāt kṣīṇapuṇyaḥ | vāco'śrauṣaṃ cāntarikṣe surāṇāṃ sānukrośāḥ śocatāṃ māṃ narendra ||

Translation

“我所知者，不过如此而已，王中之狮啊。其后福德耗尽，我便从难陀那（因陀罗的欢喜园）坠落。人主啊，那时我在半空中听见诸天为我哀叹的慈悯之语。”

Word by Word

• एतावत्: this much
• एतावत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतावत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive/Dative (enclitic), Singular

• विदितम्: known
• विदितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• राजसिंह: O lion among kings
• राजसिंह: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: राजसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• भ्रष्टः: fallen down
• भ्रष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• नन्दनात्: from Nandana (Indra's garden)
• नन्दनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• क्षीणपुण्यः: whose merit is exhausted
• क्षीणपुण्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीणपुण्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाचः: words / voices
• वाचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्रौषम्: I heard
• अश्रौषम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the sky / mid-air
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुराणाम्: of the gods
• सुराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सानुक्रोशाः: compassionate
• सानुक्रोशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सानुक्रोश
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• शोचताम्: of those lamenting
• शोचताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• नरेन्द्र: O king
• नरेन्द्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: नरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजशिरोमणे: O crest-jewel of kings
• राजशिरोमणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: राजशिरोमणि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अष्टक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aṣṭaka
• Narendra (the addressed king)
• Nandana (celestial grove)
• Surāḥ (gods)
• Antarikṣa (mid-air/sky)