Shloka 1

Brāhmaṇa-pūjā, Haviḥ-dāna, and the Vāsudeva–Pṛthivī Saṃvāda

Chapter 34

Devanagari script

ऑपन--माज बछ। जि एकत्रिशो< ध्याय: नारदजीके द्वारा पूजनीय पुरुषोंके लक्षण तथा उनके आदर-सत्कार और पूजनसे प्राप्त होनेवाले लाभका वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच के पूज्या वै त्रिलोकेडस्मिन्‌ मानवा भरतर्षभ । विस्तरेण तदाचक्ष्व न हि तृप्पामि कथ्यत:

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | Pūjyā vai triloke 'smin mānavā Bharatarṣabha | Vistareṇa tad ācakṣva na hi tṛpyāmi kathyataḥ ||

Translation

قال يودهيشثيرا: «يا ثورَ آلِ بهاراتا، أيُّ أصنافِ الناسِ في العوالمِ الثلاثةِ هم حقًّا أهلٌ للتبجيل؟ فصِّلْ لي ذلك، فإني لا أشبعُ من سماعه.»

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• के: which/who (plural)
• के: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पूज्याः: worthy of worship/honour
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• त्रिलोके: in the three worlds
• त्रिलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मानवाः: men/humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तृप्यामि: I am satisfied
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• कथ्यतः: from (your) speaking / from what is being said
• कथ्यतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bharatarṣabha (addressee, honorific epithet)
• Triloka (three worlds)