Shloka 19

ययातिपतनम् — Yayāti’s Fall and the Offer of Dharma

Nārada’s Account

Devanagari script

कर्मणा केन सिद्धो<5यं क्‍्व वानेन तपश्चितम्‌ । कथं वा ज्ञायते स्वर्गे केन वा ज्ञायतेडप्युत,“इसे किस कर्मसे सिद्धि प्राप्त हुई है? इसने कहाँ तपस्या की है? स्वर्गमें किस प्रकार इसे जाना जाय अथवा कौन यहाँ इसको जानता है?”

Transliteration

karmaṇā kena siddho ’yaṃ kva vānena tapaś citam | kathaṃ vā jñāyate svarge kena vā jñāyate ’py uta ||

Translation

Nārada said: “By what deed has this one attained such success? In what forest did he perform austerities? And how is he recognized in heaven—or indeed, who here truly knows him?”

Word by Word

कर्मणाby (what) action/deed

केनby what?/by whom?

सिद्धःaccomplished/attained success

अयम्this (person)

क्वwhere?

वाor

अनेनby this (one)/by him

तपःausterity/penance

चितम्practised/performed

कथम्how?

वाor

ज्ञायतेis known/is ascertained

स्वर्गेin heaven

केनby whom?/by what?

वाor

ज्ञायतेis known

अपिalso/even

उतor else/indeed (emphatic)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Svarga (heaven)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes