Shloka 17

Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणानां मतिर्वाक्यं कर्म श्रद्धां तपांसि च | धारयन्ति महीं द्यां च शैक्यो वागमृतं तथा

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānāṁ matir vākyaṁ karma śraddhāṁ tapāṁsi ca | dhārayanti mahīṁ dyāṁ ca śaikyo vāg-amṛtaṁ tathā ||

Translation

Arjuna sprach: „Der scharfe Verstand der Brahmanen, ihr wahrhaftiges Wort, ihr gerechtes Handeln, ihr Glaube und ihre Askese — dies alles trägt die Erde und selbst die Himmel. Ebenso trägt der Śaikya (der Buddha) die Welt durch nektargleiche Rede.“

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmanas
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मतिः: intelligence, counsel
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech, utterance
• वाक्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्म: ritual action, deed
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• श्रद्धाम्: faith, trust
• श्रद्धाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तपांसि: austerities, penances
• तपांसि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• धारयन्ति: they uphold, sustain
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्याम्: the heaven/sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शक्यः: possible, able (to be done)
• शक्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अमृतम्: nectar, immortality
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Brahmins (Brāhmaṇas)
• Earth (Mahī)
• Heaven/Sky (Dyauḥ)
• Śaikya (Śākya/Buddha)
• Nectar-like speech (Vāk-amṛta)