Shloka 6

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 69: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reverential Address to Sañjaya on Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

पुण्डरीकं परं धाम नित्यमक्षयमव्ययम्‌ । तद्धभावात्‌ पुण्डरीकाक्षो दस्युत्रासाज्जनार्दन:

Transliteration

puṇḍarīkaṃ paraṃ dhāma nityam akṣayam avyayam | taddhabhāvāt puṇḍarīkākṣo dasyutrāsāj janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Puṇḍarīka is the supreme abode—everlasting, imperishable, and undecaying. Because his being is established in that reality, he is called Puṇḍarīkākṣa; and because he terrifies and subdues the lawless, he is Janārdana.”

Word by Word

• पुण्डरीकम्: the lotus (white lotus)
• पुण्डरीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धाम: abode; splendor
• धाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यम्: eternal; constant
• नित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: unchanging; undecaying
• अव्ययम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: from that
• तत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भावात्: from (its) nature/being; because of (that) state
• भावात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• पुण्डरीकाक्षः: the lotus-eyed one (Vishnu/Krishna)
• पुण्डरीकाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दस्युत्रासात्: from the terror of robbers/outlaws; because of (his) frightening of dasyus
• दस्युत्रासात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्युत्रास
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Vishnu/Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Puṇḍarīka
• Puṇḍarīkākṣa
• Janārdana