Shloka 108
Devanagari script
युधिछिर उवाच शृणु यक्ष कुलं तात न स्वाध्यायो न च श्रुतम् । कारणं हि द्विजत्वे च वृत्तमेव न संशय:
Transliteration
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: śṛṇu yakṣa kulaṃ tāta na svādhyāyo na ca śrutam | kāraṇaṃ hi dvijatve ca vṛttam eva na saṃśayaḥ ||
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira respondió: «Escucha, oh Yakṣa, querido: ni el svādhyāya ni el mero saber de oídas son la causa verdadera de la condición de brahmán. El fundamento de ser “dos veces nacido” es solo la conducta; de ello no hay duda.»
Word by Word
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
यक्षO Yakṣa
यक्ष:
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कुलम्lineage, family
कुलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तातO dear one / O father (term of address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
स्वाध्यायःVedic study, self-recitation
स्वाध्यायः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वाध्याय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnor / not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
श्रुतम्learning, what is heard (scriptural learning)
श्रुतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
कारणम्cause
कारणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकारण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
द्विजत्वेin (the state of) being a twice-born
द्विजत्वे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजत्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वृत्तम्conduct, behavior
वृत्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एवalone, indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraY
YakṣaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes