Shloka 1
Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas
Kekaya Exemplum
Devanagari script
/ (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ४ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १८ श्लोक हैं) अपन का छा | अफ-#-रू- सप्तसप्ततितमो<ध्याय: केकयराज तथा राक्षसका उपाख्यान और केकयराज्यकी श्रेष्ठताका विस्तृत वर्णन युधिषछ्िर उवाच केषां प्रभवते राजा वित्तस्य भरतर्षभ । कया च वृत्त्या वर्तेत तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह
Transliteration
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: keṣāṃ prabhavate rājā vittasya bharatarṣabha | kayā ca vṛttyā varteta tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «Oh el mejor de los Bhāratas, ¿de quién obtiene un rey la riqueza? ¿Y con qué modo de conducta debe sostenerse y gobernar? Dímelo, oh Abuelo».
Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
केषाम्of whom/whose
केषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
प्रभवतेarises; comes into being
प्रभवते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-भू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वित्तस्यof wealth; of money
वित्तस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootवित्त
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कयाby what (means)
कया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वृत्त्याby what livelihood/occupation; by what conduct
वृत्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
वर्तेतshould live/behave; should subsist
वर्तेत:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
ब्रूहिtell; speak
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
पितामहO grandsire
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraB
BhīṣmaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes