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राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य
संवादमिममद्भुतम् ।
केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं
हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥
rājan saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādam imam adbhutam
keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur muhuḥ
Sañjaya (सञ्जय) is still speaking, to rājan (राजन्), the king Dhṛtarāṣṭra (धृतराष्ट्र).
The verse
O king, remembering and remembering this holy wondrous dialogue of Keśava (केशव) and Arjuna (अर्जुन), I thrill again and again.
नेपालीमा
हे राजा, केशव र अर्जुनको यो पवित्र अद्भुत संवाद सम्झँदा सम्झँदा म फेरि फेरि रोमाञ्चित हुन्छु।
Where it sits
Remembering the dialogue, he thrills again and again before the king, and 18.77 adds the memory of the form.
Split: राजन् + संस्मृत्य + संस्मृत्य + संवादम् + इमम् + अद्भुतम् + केशव-अर्जुनयोः + पुण्यम् + हृष्यामि + च + मुहुः + मुहुः
rājan + saṃsmṛtya + saṃsmṛtya + saṃvādam + imam + adbhutam + keśava-arjunayoḥ + puṇyam + hṛṣyāmi + ca + muhuḥ + muhuḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| राजन् | rājan | vocative | O king. |
| संस्मृत्य | saṃsmṛtya | gerund | having remembered. From sam-smṛ (सम्-स्मृ). |
| संस्मृत्य | saṃsmṛtya | gerund | having remembered. The second time is the repetition. |
| संवादम् | saṃvādam | accusative | the dialogue. |
| इमम् | imam | accusative | this. |
| अद्भुतम् | adbhutam | accusative | wondrous. |
| केशव-अर्जुनयोः | keśava-arjunayoḥ | genitive dual | of Keśava (केशव) and Arjuna (अर्जुन). |
| पुण्यम् | puṇyam | accusative | holy, auspicious. Agrees with saṃvādam (संवादम्). |
| हृष्यामि | hṛṣyāmi | present, 1st singular | I thrill, I rejoice. From hṛṣ (हृष्). |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| मुहुः | muhuḥ | indeclinable | again. |
| मुहुः | muhuḥ | indeclinable | again. The pair is "again and again." |
The phrases
rājan saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādam imam adbhutam (राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्) is the remembering, said twice. O king, remembering and remembering this wondrous dialogue.
keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur muhuḥ (केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः) names whose dialogue, and what the memory does. Holy, of Keśava (केशव) and Arjuna (अर्जुन), and I thrill again and again. The dual genitive is the two of them together.
Sanskrit in this line
मुहुः + मुहुः muhuḥ + muhuḥ is recited muhur muhuḥ (मुहुर्मुहुः). uḥ (उः) before the voiced m (म्) becomes ur (उर्). The repetition of saṃsmṛtya (संस्मृत्य) is not sandhi. It is the same gerund twice, and the twice is the meaning: over and over. केशव + अर्जुनयोः keśava + arjunayoḥ is keśavārjunayoḥ (केशवार्जुनयोः), अ + अ a + a becoming ā (आ).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say what he remembers, and how often he thrills. If the dual keśava-arjunayoḥ (केशव-अर्जुनयोः) becomes one name, stay here.