Shloka 37

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

त्यक्तमानमदक्रोधा धर्मज्ञा द्विजसत्तमा: | स ब्रह्म॒चर्य गोत्र ते तस्य ख्यात्वा परस्परम्‌

Transliteration

tyaktamāna-mada-krodhā dharmajñā dvija-sattamāḥ | sa brahmacarya-gotra te tasya khyātvā parasparam ||

Translation

Nakula said: “Those excellent brāhmaṇas, having cast aside pride, intoxication, and anger, and being knowers of dharma, recognized one another by their brahmacarya discipline and their lineage (gotra), and thus became mutually acquainted.”

Word by Word

• त्यक्त: having abandoned
• त्यक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मान: pride, self-esteem
• मान: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मद: arrogance, intoxication
• मद: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधाः: anger (as a trait); angry ones
• क्रोधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मज्ञाः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजसत्तमाः: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ब्रह्मचर्य: celibacy; studentship
• ब्रह्मचर्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गोत्रे: in the lineage/clan
• गोत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ख्यात्वा: having made known; having learned/recognized
• ख्यात्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• परस्परम्: mutually; to one another
• परस्परम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• dvija-sattamāḥ (excellent brāhmaṇas)
• brahmacarya
• gotra
• dharma