Shloka 40

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

स गृहस्थाश्रमरतस्तया सह सुदर्शन: । कुरुक्षेत्रेसद्‌ राजन्नोघवत्या समन्वित:,राजन! सुदर्शन उसके साथ गृहस्थ-धर्मका पालन करने लगे। उन्होंने ओधवतीके साथ कुरक्षेत्रमें निवास किया

Transliteration

sa gṛhasthāśramaratas tayā saha sudarśanaḥ | kurukṣetre sad rājann oghavatyā samanvitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: O King, Sudarśana, devoted to the householder stage of life, lived together with her. Endowed with Oghavatī, he took up residence in Kurukṣetra, faithfully maintaining the duties of household life.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गृहस्थाश्रमरतः: devoted to the householder-āśrama
• गृहस्थाश्रमरतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृहस्थाश्रम-रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तया: with her
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सुदर्शनः: Sudarśana (proper name)
• सुदर्शनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुक्षेत्रे: in Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्: dwelling, residing
• सत्: Karta
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: सद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

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

• ओघवत्या: with Oghavatī (proper name)
• ओघवत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओघवती
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्वितः: accompanied, endowed (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: सम् + अन्वि + क्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sudarśana
• Oghavatī
• Kurukṣetra