Shloka 11

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names

Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच प्रियोडसि राजन्‌ कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्र निबोध मे । यस्य ते संजयो दूतो यस्त्वां श्रेयसि योक्ष्यते

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | priyo 'si rājan kṛṣṇasya dhṛtarāṣṭra nibodha me | yasya te sañjayo dūto yas tvāṃ śreyasi yokṣyate ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „O König Dhṛtarāṣṭra, verstehe, was ich sage. Du bist Kṛṣṇa lieb; darum hast du Sañjaya als Boten erhalten — einen, der dich an das wahrhaft Heilsame anschirren und dich zu deinem höchsten Wohl führen wird.“

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• प्रियः: dear/beloved
• प्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• कृष्णस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धृतराष्ट्र: O Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/heed
• निबोध: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• यस्य: whose/of whom
• यस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दूतः: messenger
• दूतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• श्रेयसि: in welfare/for the good
• श्रेयसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• योक्ष्यते: will yoke/engage (you)
• योक्ष्यते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Future, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: after that/thereupon
• अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛṣṇa
• Sañjaya