Shloka 28

Vṛddha-kanyā-carita and Balarāma’s Kurukṣetra Inquiry (वृद्धकन्या-चरितम् / कुरुक्षेत्रफल-प्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ गत्वा ऋषिश्रेष्ठो याच्यतां सुरसत्तमा:

Transliteration

tasmād gatvā ṛṣiśreṣṭho yācyatāṃ surasattamāḥ

Translation

অতএব ঋষিদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠজন গিয়ে দেবশ্রেষ্ঠদের কাছে প্রার্থনা করুন—যাতে যা ন্যায়সঙ্গত ও প্রয়োজনীয়, তা বলপ্রয়োগে নয়, বিধিপূর্বক নিবেদনের মাধ্যমে লাভ হয়।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• ऋषिश्रेष्ठः: the best of sages
• ऋषिश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• याच्यताम्: let (him) be requested / he should be entreated
• याच्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive (कर्मणि प्रयोग)

• सुरसत्तमाः: O best of gods
• सुरसत्तमाः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ṛṣiśreṣṭha (a foremost sage)
• surasattamāḥ (the best among the gods)