Shloka 4

Jājali–Tulādhāra-saṃvāda: Yajña, Vṛtti, and Ātma-tīrtha (जाजलि-तुलाधार-संवादः)

Devanagari script

अथ चेमे महाप्राज्ञा: शेरते हि गतासव: । मृता इति च शब्दो<यं वर्तत्येषु गतासुषु,किंतु इस समय ये महाबुद्धिमान्‌ भूपाल निष्प्राण होकर पड़े हैं। इनके प्राण निकल जानेपर इनके लिये मृत शब्दका व्यवहार होता है; अर्थात्‌ “ये मर गये” ऐसा कहा जाता है

Transliteration

atha ceme mahāprājñāḥ śerate hi gatāsavaḥ | mṛtā iti ca śabdo ’yaṃ vartaty eṣu gatāsuṣu ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “And now these highly wise kings lie here, bereft of life. When the life-breath has departed, the word ‘dead’ is applied to such beings—people say, ‘They have died.’”

Word by Word

अथnow/then

चand

इमेthese

महाप्राज्ञाःvery wise (ones)

शेरतेlie (recline)

हिindeed/for

गतासवःwhose life-breath has gone (lifeless)

मृताःdead

इतिthus (quotative)

चand

शब्दःword/term

अयम्this

वर्ततेis used/occurs

एषुin/among these

गतासुषुin/among the lifeless (ones)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

kings (bhūpālaḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes