Shloka 6

Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच वदन्ति पुरुषा मेउद्य गड्जातीरनिवासिन: । धृतराष्ट्र महात्मानमास्थितं परमं तप:

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca

vadanti puruṣā me ’dya gaṅgātīrani-vāsinaḥ |

dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ mahātmānam āsthitaṃ paramaṃ tapaḥ ||

Translation

قال يُدْهِشْتِيرَة: «إن رجالًا يقيمون على ضفاف الغانغا يخبرونني اليوم أن دْهْرِتَرَاشْتْرَة، عظيمَ النفس، قد أخذ بأعلى مراتب التقشّف.»

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वदन्ति: they say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषाः: men, people
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• उद्य: today / now (indecl.)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य

• गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः: dwellers on the bank of the Gaṅgā
• गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गातीरनिवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितम्: having undertaken / abiding in
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Gaṅgā (river)
• Gaṅgā riverbank dwellers (gaṅgātīranivāsinaḥ)