Shloka 1

अध्याय ३२३ — श्वेतद्वीपगमनम्, यज्ञभाग-विवादः, एकान्तिभक्त्या नारायणदर्शन-नियमः (Śvetadvīpa Journey; Dispute over Sacrificial Share; Rule of Nārāyaṇa-vision through Single-minded Devotion)

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरने कहा--पितामह! व्यासजीके यहाँ महातपस्वी और धर्मात्मा शुकदेवजीका जन्म कैसे हुआ? तथा उन्होंने परम सिद्धि कैसे प्राप्त की? यह मुझे बताइये

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—Pitāmaha! Vyāsasya gṛhe mahātapasvī dharmātmā ca Śukadevaḥ kathaṃ jajñe? tathā sa paramāṃ siddhiṃ kathaṃ prāptavān? etad me brūhi.

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «¡Abuelo! ¿Cómo nació en la casa de Vyāsa el gran asceta y justo Śukadeva? ¿Y cómo alcanzó la suprema perfección espiritual? Te ruego que me lo cuentes».

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पितामह: O grandsire
• पितामह: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यासस्य: of Vyasa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• महातपस्वी: great ascetic
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुकदेवस्य: of Shukadeva
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अभवत्: was / happened
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

• तथा: and also / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परमाम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सिद्धिम्: attainment / perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्राप्तवान्: attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्तवतुँ (past active participle)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Vyāsa
• Śukadeva