Shloka 15
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
Devanagari script
यो व्यस्य वेदांश्षतुरस्तपसा भगवानृषि: । लोके व्यासत्वमापेदे कार्ष्ण्यात् कृष्णत्वमेव च
Transliteration
yo vyasya vedāṁś caturas tapasa bhagavān ṛṣiḥ | loke vyāsatvam āpede kārṣṇyāt kṛṣṇatvam eva ca ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: That blessed sage, by his austerity, arranged and set forth the four Vedas in distinct form; thus in the world he attained the title “Vyāsa.” And because of his dark complexion, people also call him “Kṛṣṇa.”
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
व्यस्यof Vyāsa
व्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वेदान्the Vedas
वेदान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
चतुरःfour
चतुरः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
भगवान्venerable, blessed
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ऋषिःsage
ऋषिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
व्यासत्वम्the status/name ‘Vyāsa’
व्यासत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्यासत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आपेदेattained
आपेदे:
TypeVerb
Rootआपद्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
कार्ष्ण्यात्because of blackness/dark complexion
कार्ष्ण्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकार्ष्ण्य
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
कृष्णत्वम्the appellation ‘Kṛṣṇa-ness’ (being called Kṛṣṇa)
कृष्णत्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्णत्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed, also
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaK
Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)T
the four VedasVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes