Shloka 9

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship

Devanagari script

विरोचन उवाच प्राजापत्यास्तु वै श्रेष्ठा वयं केशिनि सत्तमा: । अस्माकं खल्विमे लोका: के देवा: के द्विजातय:

Translation

বিৰোচনে ক’লে— কেশিনী! আমি প্ৰজাপতিৰ শ্ৰেষ্ঠ সন্তান; সেয়ে আমি সৰ্বোত্তম। এই সমগ্ৰ লোক আমাৰেই; আমাৰ সন্মুখত দেৱতা কি, আৰু দ্বিজ (ব্ৰাহ্মণ) কোন?

Word by Word

• virocanaḥ: Virocana
• virocanaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: virocana
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• uvāca: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• prājāpatyāḥ: descended from Prajāpati / belonging to Prajāpati
• prājāpatyāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prājāpatya
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• vai: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai

• śreṣṭhāḥ: best, foremost
• śreṣṭhāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• keśini: O Keśinī
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśinī
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• sattamāḥ: most excellent
• sattamāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sattama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• asmākam: of us / our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• khalu: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: khalu

• ime: these
• ime: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• lokāḥ: worlds/realms
• lokāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ke: who?/what sort of?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• devāḥ: gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ke: who?/what sort of?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• dvijātayaḥ: twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

विरोचन उवाच