Sumadhva Vijaya 3.28
kathayatAM prathame kathayatyalaM
svajanake janasa~NghavR^ite kathAm .
sakalalokamanonayanotsava-
shchaturadhIH sa kadAcidavAcayat ..28..
padachChedaH:
kathayatAM prathame kathayati alaM svajanake janasa~NghavR^ite kathAm sakalalokamanonayanotsavaH chaturadhIH saH kadAcit avAcayat.
anvayaH:
sakalalokamanonayanotsavaH chaturadhIH saH kadAcit kathayatAM prathame janasa~NghavR^ite svajanake kathAm alaMkathayati [sati] [shlokArthaM] avAcayat.
anvayArthaH:
sakalalokamanonayanotsavaH = Giver of joy to the mind’s eye of all chaturadhIH = intelligent saH = that vAsudeva kadAcit = once kathayatAM = among the speakers prathame = foremost janasa~NghavR^ite = surrounded by a group of people svajanake = his father kathAm = puranic story alaM = nicely kathayati sati = while discoursing shlokArthaM = the meaning of a particular verse avAcayat=asked to explain.
Summary:
Once, his father Madhyageha, the foremost among the speakers, was discoursing a puranic story to a group of devotees who surrounded him. During the discourse, the intelligent vAsudeva, the giver of joy to the mind’s eye of all, asked his father to explain the meaning of a particular verse.
