Shloka 3

Śaṅkha–Likhita Upākhyāna: Daṇḍa, Confession, and the Purification of Kingship (शङ्ख-लिखितोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

प्रशाधि पृथिवीं पार्थ ययातिरिव नाहुष:,“कुन्तीनन्दन! तुम नहुषपुत्र ययातिके समान इस पृथिवीका पालन करो। तुम्हारे इन तपस्वी भाइयोंने वनवासके समय बड़े दुःख उठाये हैं। नरव्याप्र! अब ये उस दुःखके बाद सुखका अनुभव करें

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | praśādhi pṛthivīṃ pārtha yayātir iva nāhuṣaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Pārtha, govern and protect the earth as Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa, once did. O son of Kuntī, your ascetic brothers endured great suffering during their exile in the forest; now, after that hardship, let them experience happiness.”

Word by Word

• प्रशाधि: rule, govern
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शास्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• पृथिवीम्: the earth, kingdom
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• पार्थ: O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna/Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• ययातिः: Yayāti
• ययातिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नाहुषः: of Nahusha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाहुष
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kuntī
• Yayāti
• Nahuṣa
• Pāṇḍava brothers
• Pṛthivī (the earth/kingdom)
• Vana (forest/exile setting)