Shloka 20

Kāmyake Arjuna-viyogaḥ — The Pandavas’ despondency in Kāmyaka during Arjuna’s absence

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो ह्ृष्टमना राजा बृहदश्चमुवाच ह । भगवजन्नक्षहृदयं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर राजा युधिष्ठिरने प्रसन्नचित्त हो बृहदश्वसे कहा--'भगवन्‌! मैं द्यूतविद्याके रहस्यको यथार्थरूपसे जानना चाहता हूँ"

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tato hṛṣṭamanā rājā bṛhadaśvam uvāca ha | bhagavan akṣahṛdayaṃ jñātum icchāmi tattvataḥ |

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：于是，心中欢喜的尤提希提罗王对布里哈达湿婆说道：“尊者啊，我愿如实明了掷骰之学的内秘——其真正的心髓。”

Word by Word

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

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

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

• हृष्टमनाः: having a delighted mind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्टमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बृहदश्वम्: Bṛhadaśva
• बृहदश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहदश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अक्षहृदयम्: the essence/secret of dice-play
• अक्षहृदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षहृदय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ज्ञातुम्: to know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्त्वतः: in truth, accurately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्वतः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bṛhadaśva
• akṣa (dice)