Shloka 2

Devanagari script

महाभाग्यं च यत्‌ तस्य नामानि च महात्मन: । तत्‌ त्वत्तो ज्ञातुमिच्छामि सर्व मतिमतां वर

Transliteration

mahābhāgyaṃ ca yat tasya nāmāni ca mahātmanaḥ | tat tvatto jñātum icchāmi sarva matimatāṃ vara ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dit : «Je souhaite apprendre de toi, ô Kṛṣṇa, le meilleur des sages, la juste mesure de l’extraordinaire fortune de ce grand être, ainsi que ses noms. Daigne m’expliquer tout cela pleinement.»

Word by Word

• महाभाग्यम्: great fortune
• महाभाग्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• यत्: which/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that (all that)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वत्तः: from you
• त्वत्तः: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• ज्ञातुम्: to know
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इच्छामि: I desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मतिमताम्: of the intelligent (people)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• a great-souled person (mahātman, unnamed in this verse)
• the addressed 'best among the wise' (unnamed in this verse; contextually a revered interlocutor)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic learning through humble inquiry: Yudhiṣṭhira seeks accurate knowledge of a noble person’s auspicious qualities and names from a recognized authority, implying that ethical understanding is gained by respectful questioning and careful listening.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a revered, wise speaker and requests a detailed account of a certain great-souled figure—specifically that person’s exceptional good fortune and the various names by which he is known.