Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 133
ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः
Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence
Devanagari script
एवं मन्यामहे सर्वे भारार्ता निरपेक्षिण: । इस प्रकार संतुष्ट होकर पृथ्वीके नीचे भारसे पीड़ित होनेपर भी हम सब लोगोंको वह परिश्रम प्रतीत नहीं होता है और हमलोग सुखपूर्वक वसुधाका भार वहन करते हैं। भारसे पीड़ित होनेपर भी किसीसे कुछ न चाहनेवाले हम सब लोग ऐसा ही मानते हैं
Translation
Thus do we all think—burdened though we are, yet asking nothing of anyone and depending on none: “In this way, even when we are afflicted beneath the earth by its weight, the toil does not seem toil to us; we dwell in ease and bear the burden of Vasudhā, the Earth, in peace.”
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
मन्यामहेwe think/consider
मन्यामहे:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormPresent, Atmanepada, 1st, Plural
सर्वेall (of us)
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
भारार्ताःafflicted by burden
भारार्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभारार्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
निरपेक्षिणःindependent; expecting nothing (from others)
निरपेक्षिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरपेक्षिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
रेणुक उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes