Shloka 55

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

एवमेष महान्‌ धर्म आद्यो राजन्‌ सनातन: । दुरविज्ञियो दुष्करश्न सात्वतैर्धार्यते सदा,राजन्‌! इस प्रकार यह आदि एवं महान्‌ धर्म सनातनकालसे चला आ रहा है। यह दूसरोंके लिये दुर्ज्ेय और दुष्कर है। भगवानके भक्त सदा ही इस धर्मको धारण करते हैं

Transliteration

evam eṣa mahān dharma ādyō rājan sanātanaḥ | duravijñeyo duṣkaraś ca sātvatair dhāryate sadā, rājan ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Thus, O king, this is the primordial and great Dharma, eternal in its continuity. It is hard for others to discern and difficult to practice; yet the devotees of the Lord (the Sātvatas) always uphold it.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, righteous law
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आद्यः: primeval, original
• आद्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सनातनः: eternal, ancient
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुरविज्ञेयः: hard to be known/understood
• दुरविज्ञेयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरविज्ञेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुष्करः: difficult to do/perform
• दुष्करः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सात्वतैः: by the Sātvatas (devotees of Vāsudeva)
• सात्वतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• धार्यते: is borne/maintained/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Passive, Third, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king, i.e., Janamejaya as listener)
• Sātvatas (devotees of Vāsudeva/Kṛṣṇa)