Shloka 9

धर्मरहस्योपदेशः

Dharma-rahasya Instruction: Vows, Truth, and Non-injury

Devanagari script

अग्रतो मे कृतो राजा छिन्नसर्वपरिच्छद:

Transliteration

agrato me kṛto rājā chinnasarvaparicchadaḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: «Ante mis propios ojos el rey fue abatido, despojado de todos sus atributos reales: su esplendor y sus resguardos fueron cercenados».

Word by Word

• अग्रतः: in front; ahead
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतस्

• मे: of me; my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कृतः: made; placed; done
• कृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कृत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्न-सर्व-परिच्छदः: whose entire equipment/attire is cut off
• छिन्न-सर्व-परिच्छदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिच्छद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• राजा (the king—contextually Dhṛtarāṣṭra as listener, but the verse itself says only 'the king')