Shloka 5

अश्वमेध-उपदेशः तथा मरुत्त-यज्ञ-धन-प्रसङ्गः

Counsel on Aśvamedha and the Marutta-treasure episode

Devanagari script

यज्ञेन तपसा चैव दानेन च नराधिप । पूयन्ते नरशार्दूल नरा दुष्कृतकारिण:,नरेश्वर! पुरुषसिंह! पापाचारी मनुष्य यज्ञ, दान और तपस्यासे ही पवित्र होते हैं

Transliteration

yajñena tapasā caiva dānena ca narādhipa | pūyante naraśārdūla narā duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa dit : «Ô roi, ô tigre parmi les hommes : même ceux qui ont commis des actes mauvais sont purifiés par le sacrifice, l’austérité et le don.»

Word by Word

• यज्ञेन: by sacrifice
• यज्ञेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दानेन: by giving/charity
• दानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पूयन्ते: are purified
• Type: Verb
• Root: पू (पूञ्)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• नरशार्दूल: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुष्कृतकारिणः: doers of evil deeds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्कृतकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• narādhipa (the king, addressee)
• naraśārdūla (the heroic addressee)