Shloka 11

युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59

Devanagari script

क्षुत्पिपासेडजयदू राम: सर्वरोगांश्व देहिनाम्‌ । सततं गुणसम्पन्नो दीप्पमान: स्वतेजसा

Transliteration

kṣutpipāseḍajayadū rāmaḥ sarvarogāṃś ca dehinām | satataṃ guṇasampanno dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā ||

Translation

Nārada said: “Rāma overcame hunger and thirst, and he also conquered all the ailments that afflict embodied beings. Ever endowed with virtues, he shone continually by the radiance of his own inner power.”

Word by Word

• क्षुत्: hunger
• क्षुत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पिपासे: thirst (together with hunger, as a pair)
• पिपासे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिपासा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• जयदू: you two conquer/overcome
• जयदू: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जयदु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वरोगान्: all diseases
• सर्वरोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वरोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सततम्: always/constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम्

• गुणसम्पन्नः: endowed with virtues
• गुणसम्पन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणसम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीप्यमानः: shining
• दीप्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्यमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वतेजसा: by his own splendor
• स्वतेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वतेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Rāma