Shloka 31

Āśrama-dharma and Brahmacarya: Śuka’s Inquiry on Karma and Tyāga (शुक-प्रश्नः कर्मत्यागविवेकश्च)

Devanagari script

सहस्नजिच्च राजर्षि: प्राणानिष्टानू महायशा: । ब्राह्मणार्थ परित्यज्य गतो लोकाननुत्तमान्‌,महायशस्वी राजर्षि सहस्नरजित्‌ ब्राह्मणके लिये अपने प्यारे प्राणोंका परित्याग करके परम उत्तम लोकोंमें गये

Transliteration

Sahasnajic ca rājarṣiḥ prāṇān iṣṭān mahāyaśāḥ | brāhmaṇārthaṃ parityajya gato lokān anuttamān ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: The illustrious royal sage Sahasnajit, renouncing even his beloved life-breath for the sake of a Brāhmaṇa, attained the highest worlds.

Word by Word

• सहस्रजित्: Sahasrajit (name of the king)
• सहस्रजित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रजित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• राजर्षिः: royal sage
• राजर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; lives
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इष्टान्: dear; cherished
• इष्टान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उ: indeed; emphatic particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• महायशाः: of great fame
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणार्थम्: for the sake of a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणार्थम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned; giving up
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• गतः: went; has gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds; realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अनुत्तमान्: unsurpassed; supreme
• अनुत्तमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Sahasnajit
• Brāhmaṇa