अत्र ते कथयिष्येऽमुमितिहासं पुरातनम् । पुरञ्जनस्य चरितं निबोध गदतो मम ॥ ९ ॥
atra te kathayisye ’mum itihasam puratanam puranjanasya caritam nibodha gadato mama
- atra
- herewith
- te
- unto you
- kathayisye
- I shall speak
- amum
- on this subject matter
- itihasam
- history
- puratanam
- very old
- puranjanasya
- in the matter of Puranjana
- caritam
- his character
- nibodha
- try to understand
- gadatah mama
- while I am speaking.
In this connection I wish to narrate an old history connected with the character of a king called Puranjana. Please try to hear me with great attention.