Shloka 226

उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy

Opening

Devanagari script

कथं च वर्तमानो वै न च्यवेयं स्वधर्मत: । “मुने! प्रजाकी रक्षा करते हुए किस धर्ममें स्थित रहना चाहिये। मेरा व्यवहार और बर्ताव कैसा हो, जिससे मैं स्वधर्मसे कभी च्युत न होऊँ?”

Transliteration

kathaṃ ca vartamāno vai na cyaveyaṃ svadharmataḥ |

Translation

“And how, while conducting myself in the world, may I never fall away from my own dharma? O sage, while protecting the people, in what dharma should I remain established, and what should my conduct and behavior be so that I do not deviate from my rightful duty?”

Word by Word

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

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

• वर्तमानः: being/remaining (in a state), conducting oneself
• वर्तमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च्यवेयम्: may I not fall away/deviate
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Non-past (modal), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वधर्मतः: from (my) own duty/righteous conduct
• स्वधर्मतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana