Shloka 13

ययातिपतनम् — Yayāti’s Fall and the Offer of Dharma

Nārada’s Account

Devanagari script

पूर्ुर्यदुश्न द्वौ वंशे वर्धमानौ नरोत्तमौ | ताभ्यां प्रतेष्ठितो लोके परलोके च नाहुष:

Transliteration

pūror yaduś ca dvau vaṁśau vardhamānau narottamau | tābhyāṁ pratiṣṭhito loke paraloke ca nāhuṣaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “O Nāhuṣa, the two most eminent royal lineages—those of Pūru and of Yadu—have been steadily flourishing. Through them your standing and renown are established, both in this world and in the world beyond.”

Word by Word

• पूरुः: Puru
• पूरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदुः: Yadu
• यदुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वंशे: in the lineage/dynasty
• वंशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वर्धमानौ: growing/flourishing
• वर्धमानौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्धमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नरोत्तमौ: the two best of men
• नरोत्तमौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Dual

• प्रतिष्ठितः: was established/founded
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (स्था)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in this world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परलोके: in the next world
• परलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• नाहुषः: Nahusha (the descendant of Nahusha)
• नाहुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाहुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Nāhuṣa
• Pūru
• Yadu
• Pūru-vaṁśa
• Yadu-vaṁśa