Shloka 95

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच कि स्थैर्यमृषिश्रि: प्रोक्ते कि च धैर्यमुदाह्तम्‌ । स्‍्नान॑ च किं पर प्रोक्तं दानं च किमिहोच्यते

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca: kiṁ sthairyam ṛṣiśreṣṭhaiḥ proktaṁ kiṁ ca dhairyam udāhṛtam | snānaṁ ca kiṁ paraṁ proktaṁ dānaṁ ca kim ihocyate ||

Translation

Le Yakṣa demanda : «Qu’appellent les sages la constance (sthairya) ? Et qu’est‑ce qui est proclamé comme la fermeté d’âme (dhairya) ? Qu’est‑ce qu’on dit être le “bain” suprême, la purification véritable ? Et ici, qu’appelle‑t‑on le “don” (dāna), la charité authentique ?»

Word by Word

• यक्षः: Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्थैर्यम्: steadfastness
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थैर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिश्रिः: the rishis' glory / revered sage (as an epithet)
• ऋषिश्रिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषिश्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रोक्ते: when (it is) said/declared
• प्रोक्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Locative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• धैर्यम्: courage/fortitude
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उदाहृतम्: is called/has been stated
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्नानम्: bathing
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रोक्तम्: is said/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दानम्: gift/charity
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इह: here/in this context
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• उच्यते: is called/said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yaksha
• Rishis (sages)