Shloka 31

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

ततो5थ भगवानाह प्रीतो मां वै युधिष्ठिर । अर्थात्‌ प्रियतर: कृष्ण मत्प्रसादाद्‌ भविष्यसि

Transliteration

tato ’tha bhagavān āha prīto māṃ vai yudhiṣṭhira | arthāt priyataraḥ kṛṣṇa matprasādād bhaviṣyasi ||

Translation

Then the Blessed Lord, pleased, said to me: “Indeed, O Yudhiṣṭhira, by my grace you shall become dearer to Kṛṣṇa.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: Avyaya

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रीतः: pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (agreeing with भगवान्)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• अर्थात्: therefore, consequently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्थात्
• Form: Avyaya

• प्रियतरः: dearer
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियतर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (comparative)

• कृष्ण: O Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my favor/grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, ablative, singular

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Future (लृट्), 2nd person, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhagavān (the Blessed Lord)
• Kṛṣṇa