Shloka 18
Adhyāya 3: Indra’s Invitation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Refusal to Abandon the Dog
Svargārohaṇa Test
Devanagari script
धर्मरज उवाच अभिजातोऊसि राजेन्द्र पितुर्व॒त्तेन मेधया । अनुक्रोशेन चानेन सर्वभूतेषु भारत,साक्षात् धर्मराजने कहा--राजेन्द्र! भरतनन्दन! तुम अपने सदाचार, बुद्धि तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके प्रति होनेवाली इस दयाके कारण वास्तवमें सुयोग्य पिताके उत्तम कुलमें उत्पन्न सिद्ध हो रहे हो
Transliteration
dharmarāja uvāca | abhijāto 'si rājendra pitur vṛttena medhayā | anukrośena cānena sarvabhūteṣu bhārata ||
Translation
Dharmarāja sprach: „O König, du bist wahrhaft edler Geburt—du erweist dich der Linie eines vornehmen Vaters würdig—durch deinen rechtschaffenen Wandel, deinen Verstand und dieses Mitgefühl, das du allen lebenden Wesen entgegenbringst, o Nachkomme Bharatas.“
Word by Word
{'dharmarāja uvāca''Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) said', 'abhijātaḥ asi': 'you are well-born
{'dharmarāja uvāca':
of noble birth', 'rājendra''O best of kings
of noble birth', 'rājendra':
O king', 'pituḥ''of (your) father', 'vṛttena': 'by conduct, behavior, moral character', 'medhayā': 'by intelligence, discernment', 'anukrośena': 'by compassion, pity, mercy', 'ca': 'and', 'anena': 'by this (quality/act)', 'sarvabhūteṣu': 'toward/in all beings
O king', 'pituḥ':
among all creatures', 'bhārata''O Bhārata
among all creatures', 'bhārata':
Speaker
धर्मरज उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)R
rājendra (addressed king)B
Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)P
pituḥ (the father, implied)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)