Shloka 4
Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)
Devanagari script
यानीहागमशास्त्राणि याश्न कश्षित् प्रवृत्तय: । तानि वेदं पुरस्कृत्य प्रवृत्तानि यथाक्रमम्
Translation
“All the traditional scriptures and whatever modes of conduct exist here have come into practice in due sequence, with the Veda placed foremost.”
Word by Word
यानिwhich (things)
यानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इहhere, in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
आगम-शास्त्राणिtreatises of tradition (āgama-śāstras)
आगम-शास्त्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
याःwhich (f.)
याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कश्चित्any, some (one/thing)
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रवृत्तयःpractices, activities, traditions
प्रवृत्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तानिthose (things)
तानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
वेदम्the Veda
वेदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुरस्कृत्यhaving placed in front; taking as foremost
पुरस्कृत्य:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootपुरस्-कृ (धातु: कृ)
Formक्त्वा (ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund), Non-finite
प्रवृत्तानिset in motion; come into practice
प्रवृत्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-√वृत् (धातु: वृत्) / प्रवृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
यथाaccording to, as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
क्रमम्order, sequence
क्रमम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes