Shloka 37

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

भक्तं प्रति विशेषस्ते एष पार्थनुकीर्तित: । त्वं चैवाहं च कौन्तेय नरनारायणौ स्मृती

Transliteration

bhaktaṃ prati viśeṣas te eṣa pārthanukīrtitaḥ | tvaṃ caivāhaṃ ca kaunteya naranārāyaṇau smṛtī ||

Translation

Arjuna dijo: «Esta distinción tuya hacia un devoto ha quedado ahora claramente expuesta, oh descendiente de Prithā. Y tú y yo, oh hijo de Kuntī, somos recordados por la tradición como Nara y Nārāyaṇa».

Word by Word

• भक्तम्: devotee
• भक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, with respect to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• विशेषः: distinction, special regard
• विशेषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुकीर्तितः: has been declared/related
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-कीर्तित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• कौन्तेय: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरनारायणौ: Nara and Narayana
• नरनारायणौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• स्मृती: are remembered/known (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna (Pārtha/Kaunteya)
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa