Shloka 11

Adhyāya 57 — Arjuna’s Vow-Anxiety, Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel, and the Pāśupata Authorization

Devanagari script

अड्गस्य यजमानस्य स्वधर्माधिगता: शुभा: । गुणोत्तरास्तु क्रतवस्तस्यासन्‌ सार्वकामिका:,“यजमान अंगनरेशके सभी यज्ञ स्वधर्मके अनुसार प्राप्त और शुभ थे। वे उत्तरोत्तर गुणवान्‌ और सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंकी सिद्धि करनेवाले थे”

Transliteration

Aṅgasya yajamānasya svadharmādhigatāḥ śubhāḥ | guṇottarās tu kratavas tasyāsan sārvakāmikāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “For that sacrificer, the king of Aṅga, the sacrifices he performed were auspicious and duly obtained in accordance with his own rightful duty. Moreover, his rites became progressively more excellent in quality, and they were capable of fulfilling every legitimate desire.”

Word by Word

• अङ्गस्य: of Aṅga (the king/land Aṅga)
• अङ्गस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यजमानस्य: of the sacrificer (patron of the sacrifice)
• यजमानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• स्वधर्माधिगताः: attained/obtained according to one’s own duty
• स्वधर्माधिगताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वधर्म-अधिगत (कृदन्त; अधि-गम् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुभाः: auspicious
• शुभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुणोत्तराः: increasing in excellence; progressively superior in qualities
• गुणोत्तराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण-उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• क्रतवः: sacrifices; rites
• क्रतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of that (sacrificer)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• सर्वकामिकाः: fulfilling all desires; granting every wish
• सर्वकामिकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-कामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Aṅga (kingdom)
• yajamāna (the sacrificer; Aṅga king implied)