Shloka 31

Karṇa’s Counsel on Śrī

Fortune) and the Proposed Display before the Exiled Pāṇḍavas (कर्णवचनम् / श्रीप्रदर्शन-प्रस्तावः

Devanagari script

येतुतंसंश्रिता देवं नानावर्णास्तदा जना: | तानप्याहु: पारिषदान्‌ ब्राह्मणा: सुमहाबलान्‌,उस समय जिन-जिन नाना वर्णवाले जीवोंने उन स्कन्ददेवकी शरण ली, उन सबको ब्राह्मणोंने उनका महाबलवान्‌ पार्षद बताया है

Transliteration

ye tu taṁ saṁśritā devaṁ nānāvarṇās tadā janāḥ | tān apy āhuḥ pāriṣadān brāhmaṇāḥ sumahābalān ||

Translation

Dijo Mārkaṇḍeya: «Entonces, cuantos seres de diversas apariencias buscaron amparo en aquel Señor divino (Skanda), los brahmanes los proclamaron también como sus asistentes: poderosos miembros de su séquito.»

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संश्रिताः: having taken refuge in / resorted to
• संश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb-derived Adjective/Participle
• Root: सं-श्रि (धातु) → संश्रित (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (past participle sense)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाना-वर्णाः: of various colors/complexions
• नाना-वर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना + वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• आहुः: said/called
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (ब्रू/अह् = to say)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पारिषदान्: attendants/retainers (of a deity/king)
• पारिषदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारिषद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सु-महा-बलान्: very mighty/possessing great strength
• सु-महा-बलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महा + बल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Skanda (deva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Those who sincerely take refuge in the divine are accepted and elevated; even beings of diverse forms become recognized as part of the deity’s honored retinue.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya reports that various beings, described as of many kinds, sought Skanda’s protection, and learned Brahmins identified them as Skanda’s powerful attendants (pāriṣadas).