Shloka 8

अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma

Devanagari script

स भवान्‌ सर्वधर्मज्ञो धर्मात्मा भरतर्षभ । राजा मनीषी निपुणो लोके दृष्टपरावर:

Transliteration

sa bhavān sarvadharmajño dharmātmā bharatarṣabha | rājā manīṣī nipuṇo loke dṛṣṭaparāvaraḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: «Oh toro entre los Bhāratas, tú conoces todos los dharmas: eres recto de espíritu, un rey de juicio maduro, diestro en la acción, y alguien que ve con claridad todo el alcance de las consecuencias mundanas, tanto las cercanas como las lejanas».

Word by Word

• सः: he / that (person)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वधर्मज्ञः: knower of all dharmas
• सर्वधर्मज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• मनीषी: wise / thoughtful
• मनीषी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निपुणः: skilled
• निपुणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दृष्टपरावरः: one who has seen/understood the higher and lower (pros and cons)
• दृष्टपरावरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्टपरावर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharata (dynasty/lineage)