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स्तुमस्तमपरं व्यासं गङ्गाधरमहाकविम्।
नाटकच्छद्मना दृष्टां यश्चक्रे भारतीं कथाम्॥
  • स्तुमः = We greet (plural. first person  conjugation स्तवीति , स्तौति)
  • तम् = him
  • अपरम् =  another
  • व्यासम् = Vyaasa 
  • गङ्गाधर-महाकविम् = great poet Gangaadhara
    • स्तुमः तम् अपरम् व्यासम् गङ्गाधर-महाकविम् = We greet the great poet Gangaadhara as a second Vyaasa
  • नाटक-च्छद्मना = by dramatization-device = by device of dramatization
  • दृष्टाम् = seen
  • यः = who
  • चक्रे = did
  • भारतीम् = Bharata
  • कथाम् = story
    •  यः चक्रे नाटकच्छद्मना दृष्टाम् भारतीम् कथाम् = Who wrote the story of the Bhaarata seen by the device of dramatization.
We respectfully greet the great poet Gangaadhara as a second Vyaasa, in that he has made the story of the Bhaarata actually seen by the device of dramatization.

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