Shloka 103

Kubera’s Fivefold Nīti and Protection of the Pāṇḍavas (वैश्रवणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

ततस्ते तिग्मतपसं कृशं धमनिसंततम्‌ | पारगं सर्वधर्माणामार्टिषिणमुपागमन्‌,फिर वे कठोर तपस्वी दुर्बलकाय तथा नस-नाड़ियोंसे ही व्याप्त राजर्षि आर्टिषेणके समीप गये, जो सम्पूर्ण धर्मोके पारंगत विद्वान थे

Transliteration

tatas te tigma-tapasaṁ kṛśaṁ dhamani-saṁtatam | pāragaṁ sarva-dharmāṇām ārtiṣiṇam upāgaman |

Translation

Then they approached Ārtiṣiṇa—the royal sage, austere with piercing penance, emaciated and sinewy with veins standing out—who was a master of all dharmas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तिग्मतपसम्: one of fierce/keen austerity
• तिग्मतपसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिग्मतपस्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कृशम्: emaciated, lean
• कृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृश
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• धमनिसंततम्: pervaded/covered with veins (only)
• धमनिसंततम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धमनिसंतत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पारगम्: one who has gone to the far shore; fully versed
• पारगम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारग
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सर्वधर्माणाम्: of all dharmas/duties
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वधर्म
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• आर्टिषिणम्: Ārtiṣeṇa (name of the royal sage)
• आर्टिषिणम्: Karma
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: आर्टिषेण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• उपागमन्: they approached, went near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṁpāyana
• Ārtiṣiṇa (royal sage)