Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सत्कर्ता कुरुवृद्धानां पितृभक्तो महाव्रत: । जामदग्न्येन रामेण य: पुरा न पराजित:

Transliteration

satkartā kuruvṛddhānāṁ pitṛbhakto mahāvrataḥ | jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa yaḥ purā na parājitaḥ ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—“তিনি কুরুবংশের বৃদ্ধদের যথোচিত সম্মান করতেন, পিতৃভক্ত ও মহাব্রতধারী ছিলেন। প্রাচীনকালে জামদগ্ন্য রাম (পরশুরাম)-এর কাছেও তিনি পরাজিত হননি।”

Word by Word

• सत्कर्ता: one who honors (properly)
• सत्कर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुवृद्धानाम्: of the elders of the Kurus
• कुरुवृद्धानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुवृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पितृभक्तः: devoted to (his) father/ancestors
• पितृभक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पितृभक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाव्रतः: of great vow; very observant
• महाव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जामदग्न्येन: by Jamadagni's descendant (Jamadagnya)
• जामदग्न्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• रामेण: by Rama (Parashurama)
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly; in olden times
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

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

• पराजितः: defeated; vanquished
• पराजितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kuru elders (Kuruvṛddhāḥ)
• Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• Jamadagni
• Pitṛs (ancestors/forefathers)