shrii{}mahaabhaaratam aadi-1|6 - prastaavayan ## (Mahabharata - Adiparva 1.6) ## 2006-06-16 shukravaasaraH ##(2006-06-16 Friday)## sukhaasiinaM tatastaM tu vishraantamupalaxya ca| athaapRRicchhadRRiShistatra kashcit prastaavayan kathaaH||6|| kartaa ##(##prathamavibhaktiH##)## - RRiShiH ##A sage## karman ##(##dvitiiyavibhaktiH##)## - sukhaasiinam tam vishraantam ##rested and seated happily him## kathaaH ##narratives, stories## lyap pratyayaH - upalaxya ##having seen## shatRRi pratyayaH - prastaavayan ##initiating (causative)## dhaatuH - apRRicchhat - pracchh ##(to ask)## 6pa dhaatuH la~N lakaaraH prathamapuruShaH ekavacanaH| ##Then a sage, having seen him as rested and happily seated, there (with a view to) initiating some stories, asked.##