Shloka 1

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २६ “लोक मिलाकर कुल ५३३ “लोक हैं) नम (0) असन्‍अन+- चतुर्दशो5 ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णकी राजसूययज्ञके लिये सम्मति श्रीकृष्ण उवाच सर्वैर्गुणैरमहाराज राजसूयं त्वमहसि । जानतत्त्वेव ते सर्व किंचिद्‌ वक्ष्यामि भारत

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | sarvair guṇair mahārāja rājasūyaṃ tvam arhasi | jānatas tv eva te sarvaṃ kiñcid vakṣyāmi bhārata ||

Translation

শ্রীকৃষ্ণ বললেন—হে মহারাজ, তোমার মধ্যে সকল সদ্গুণ বিদ্যমান; অতএব তুমি রাজসূয় যজ্ঞ সম্পাদনের যোগ্য। হে ভারত, তুমি সবই জানো; তবু তুমি জিজ্ঞাসা করেছ বলে এ বিষয়ে আমি আরও কিছু বলছি।

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• गुणैः: virtues/qualities
• गुणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजसूयम्: the Rājasūya (royal consecration sacrifice)
• राजसूयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अर्हसि: are worthy/deserve
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जानन्: knowing
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्त्वम्: the truth/essence
• तत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: something/a little
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• वक्ष्यामि: I will say/tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as Mahārāja, Bhārata)
• Rājasūya-yajña