Shloka 15

Ajñātavāsa-saṅkalpaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Resolve and Dhaumya’s Exempla on Concealment

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त: पितृराजस्तां भगवान्‌ स्वचिकीर्षितम्‌ | यथावत्‌ सर्वमाख्यातुं तत्प्रियार्थ प्रचक्रमे,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--युधिष्ठिर! सावित्रीके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर पितृराज भगवान्‌ यमने उसका प्रिय करनेके लिये अपना सारा अभिप्राय यथार्थरूपसे बताना आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ity uktaḥ pitṛrājas tāṃ bhagavān svacikīrṣitam | yathāvat sarvam ākhyātuṃ tatpriyārthaṃ pracakrame ||

Translation

Markandeya said: Thus addressed, the blessed Lord Yama, king of the departed, began to explain—truthfully and in full—his entire intention, in order to grant her what was dear to her.

Word by Word

• मार्कण्डेयः: Markandeya
• मार्कण्डेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been addressed / spoken to
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• पितृराजः: the king of the Pitrs (Yama)
• पितृराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भगवान्: the venerable one / Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वचिकीर्षितम्: his own intended purpose
• स्वचिकीर्षितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वचिकीर्षित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly, as it really is
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातुम्: to tell, to explain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रियार्थम्: for (her) dear purpose / to please her
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रचक्रमे: began, set about
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्रम्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Yama (Pitṛrāja)
• Sāvitrī