Shloka 4

ब्राह्मणपूजायां व्युष्टिः — Vyuṣṭi (Merit-Outcome) of Honoring Brāhmaṇas: Kṛṣṇa and Durvāsā

Devanagari script

यदि ते5हमनुग्राह्मो भ्रातृभिः सहितोडनघ । वक्तुमहसि नः प्रश्न॑ यत्‌ त्वां पृच्छामि पार्थिव,अनघ! यदि भाइयोंसहित मुझपर आपका अनुग्रह हो तो पृथ्वीनाथ! मैं आपसे जो प्रश्न पूछता हूँ, उसका हम सब लोगोंके लिये उत्तर दीजिये

Transliteration

yadi te 'ham anugrāhyo bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito 'nagha | vaktum arhasi naḥ praśnaṃ yat tvāṃ pṛcchāmi pārthiva, anagha ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Wenn ich zusammen mit meinen Brüdern deiner Gunst würdig bin, o Makelloser, dann, o König, beantworte für uns alle die Frage, die ich dir nun stellen werde.“

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अनुग्राह्यः: to be favored / worthy of grace
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग्राह्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातृभिः: with (my) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहितः: accompanied (by)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to speak / to answer
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Infinitive

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Plural

• प्रश्नम्: question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that (question)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• पृच्छामि: I ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिव: O king / O lord of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers (the Pāṇḍavas)
• Pārthiva (a king addressed)
• Anagha (the blameless one addressed)