Shloka 3

आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self

Devanagari script

यदि तेअनुग्रहे बुद्धिरस्मास्विह सतां वर । एतदू भवन्तं पृच्छामि तद्‌ भवानू प्रब्रवीतु मे,सत्पुरुषोंमें श्रेष्ठ पितामह! यदि आपका हमलोगोंपर अनुग्रह करनेका विचार है तो मैं यही बात आपसे पूछता हूँ। आप मुझे बताइये

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: yadi te ’nugrahe buddhir asmāsv iha satāṃ vara, etad eva bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi; tad bhavān prabravītu me.

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O best among the virtuous, if you truly intend to show us favor here, then I ask you this very question. Please tell me the answer.”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अनुग्रहे: in (your) favor; in showing grace
• अनुग्रहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बुद्धिः: intention; resolve
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मासु: towards us; in our case
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Plural

• इह: here; in this matter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best/excellent one
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उ: indeed; then (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• भवन्तम्: you (hon.)
• भवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (honorific)
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृच्छामि: I ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that (answer/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun (honorific)
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रब्रवीतु: let (you) tell; please say
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma (implied by the honorific satāṃ vara / pitāmaha context)