Shloka 3

Adhyāya 55 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Hesitation and Bhīṣma’s Authorization of Inquiry

Rājadharma Prelude

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्‌ राजर्षभे जाते धर्मात्मनि महात्मनि | अद्ृष्यन्नषय: सर्वे स मां पृच्छतु पाण्डव:,“जिन राजर्षिशिरोमणि धर्मपरायण महात्मा युधिष्ठिरका जन्म होनेपर सभी महर्षि हर्षसे खिल उठे थे, वे ही पाण्डुपुत्र मुझसे प्रश्न करें

Transliteration

yasmin r1jar63abhe j1te dharm1tmani mah1tmani | ad63yann 63aya25 sarve sa m143 p5bcchatu p1470dava25 |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “When that bull among kings was born—that great-souled, righteous one—all the sages rejoiced. Let that son of Pāṇḍu now question me.”

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in whom/when (in which person)
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजर्षभे: in the bull among royal sages
• राजर्षभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जाते: when (he) was born / upon being born
• जाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्मात्मनि: in the righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महात्मनि: in the great-souled one
• महात्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अदृश्यन्: they appeared / were seen
• अदृश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• पृच्छतु: let (him) ask
• पृच्छतु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaibamp1yana
• P1470dava (Yudhi63hira)
• P1470du
• 63aya25 (sages)