18.74
सञ्जय उवाच
इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य
पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ।
संवादमिममश्रौषम्
अद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥
sañjaya uvāca
ity ahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ
saṃvādam imam aśrauṣam adbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam
Sañjaya (सञ्जय) is speaking, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र). The dialogue on the chariot is over. The report resumes.
The verse
Sañjaya (सञ्जय) said: Thus I have heard this wondrous, hair-raising dialogue of Vāsudeva (वासुदेव) and of the great-souled Pārtha (पार्थ).
नेपालीमा
सञ्जयले भने, यसरी मैले वासुदेव र महात्मा पार्थको यो अद्भुत, रौं ठड्याउने संवाद सुनेको छु।
Where it sits
With the word accepted, the frame of the first chapter returns, and Sañjaya (सञ्जय) tells Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र) the dialogue he has heard.
Split: इति + अहम् + वासुदेवस्य + पार्थस्य + च + महात्मनः + संवादम् + इमम् + अश्रौषम् + अद्भुतम् + रोम-हर्षणम्
iti + aham + vāsudevasya + pārthasya + ca + mahātmanaḥ + saṃvādam + imam + aśrauṣam + adbhutam + roma-harṣaṇam
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| इति | iti | indeclinable | thus. |
| अहम् | aham | nominative | I. Sañjaya (सञ्जय). |
| वासुदेवस्य | vāsudevasya | genitive | of Vāsudeva (वासुदेव), son of Vasudeva (वसुदेव). Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). |
| पार्थस्य | pārthasya | genitive | of Pārtha (पार्थ). |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| महात्मनः | mahātmanaḥ | genitive of mahātman (महात्मन्) | of the great-souled one. Agrees with pārthasya (पार्थस्य). |
| संवादम् | saṃvādam | accusative | the dialogue. |
| इमम् | imam | accusative | this. |
| अश्रौषम् | aśrauṣam | aorist, 1st singular | I heard. From śru (श्रु). |
| अद्भुतम् | adbhutam | accusative | wondrous. Agrees with saṃvādam (संवादम्). |
| रोम-हर्षणम् | roma-harṣaṇam | accusative | making the hair stand. roman (रोमन्) is the hair of the body. harṣaṇa (हर्षण) is a bristling, a thrill. |
The phrases
ity ahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ (इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः) sets the two speakers of the dialogue in the genitive. Of Vāsudeva (वासुदेव), and of the great-souled Pārtha (पार्थ). iti (इति) means "thus," the dialogue as it has just been heard.
saṃvādam imam aśrauṣam adbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam (संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्) is what he heard. This dialogue, wondrous, hair-raising. aśrauṣam (अश्रौषम्) is the one finite verb. He is answering the king who asked.
Sanskrit in this line
aśrauṣam (अश्रौषम्) is the aorist, first person singular, of śru (श्रु), "I heard." The a- (अ-) at the front is the past-time prefix. It is the same past a- (अ-) as akurvata (अकुर्वत) in 1.1, not a negative. इति + अहम् iti + aham is ity aham (इत्यहम्), because इ + अ i + a becomes ya (य).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say whose dialogue he heard, and what it did to him. If aśrauṣam (अश्रौषम्) comes out as "I will hear," stay here.