Shloka 100

अनुक्रमणिकाध्यायः (Anukramaṇikā Adhyāya) — Invocation, Narrator Frame, and Textual Scope

Devanagari script

क्षत्तु: प्रज्ञां धृतिं कृन्त्या: सम्यग्‌ द्वैघधायनोडब्रवीत्‌ । वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं पाण्डवानां च सत्यताम्‌

Transliteration

kṣattuḥ prajñāṃ dhṛtiṃ kṛntyāḥ samyag dvaighadhāyano 'bravīt | vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca satyatām ||

Translation

Then Dvaighadhāyana spoke rightly of Kṣattṛ’s wisdom and steadfast resolve, and he also declared the greatness of Vāsudeva and the truthfulness of the Pāṇḍavas—setting forth the moral stature that undergirds their cause.

Word by Word

• क्षत्तुः: of the chamberlain (Vidura)
• क्षत्तुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रज्ञाम्: wisdom
• प्रज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धृतिम्: steadfastness
• धृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्या: by (his) deed / by action
• कृत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• द्वैपायनः: Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• द्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• सत्यताम्: truthfulness
• सत्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Characters & Entities

• Kṣattṛ (Vidura)
• Kṛntī (Kuntī)
• Dvaighadhāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍavas