Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच को35तिथि: सर्वभूतानां किंस्विद्‌ धर्म सनातनम्‌ | अमृतं किंस्विद्‌ राजेन्द्र किंस्वित्‌ सर्वमिदं जगत्‌,यक्षने पूछा--राजेन्द्र! समस्त प्राणियोंका अतिथि कौन है? सनातन धर्म कया है? अमृत क्या है? और यह सारा जगत्‌ क्या है?

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca | ko ’tithiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ kiṃsvid dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | amṛtaṃ kiṃsvid rājendra kiṃsvid sarvam idaṃ jagat |

Translation

The Yaksha said: “O king, who is the guest of all beings? What indeed is the eternal Dharma (Sanātana Dharma)? What is called ‘immortality’ (amṛta)? And what, in truth, is this entire world?”

Word by Word

यक्षःYaksha

उवाचsaid

कःwho/what (which one)

अतिथिःguest

सर्वभूतानाम्of all beings

किम्what

स्वित्indeed?/pray (interrogative particle)

धर्मःdharma, duty, law

सनातनम्eternal

अमृतम्nectar/immortality

किम्what

स्वित्indeed?/pray (interrogative particle)

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

किम्what

स्वित्indeed?/pray (interrogative particle)

सर्वम्all, entire

इदम्this

जगत्world, universe

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yaksha

Rājendra (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes