Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 3
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
Devanagari script
तेषामपि विधिं पुण्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि शड्कर । वानप्रस्थेषु देवेश स्वशरीरोपजीविषु
Translation
हे शंकर! देवेश! जो वानप्रस्थ अपने ही शरीर को कष्ट देकर जीवन-निर्वाह करते हैं, उनके लिए जो पवित्र विधि (नियम-कर्तव्य) है, उसे भी मैं सुनना चाहती हूँ।
Word by Word
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
विधिम्rule; prescribed duty
विधिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविधि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुण्यम्holy; meritorious
पुण्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormTumun (infinitive)
इच्छामिI wish/desire
इच्छामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormLat (Present), Parasmaipada, First, Singular
शङ्करO Śaṅkara
शङ्कर:
Sampradana
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootशङ्कर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वानप्रस्थेषुamong the forest-dwellers (vānaprasthas)
वानप्रस्थेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवानप्रस्थ
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
देवेशO lord of gods
देवेश:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootदेवेश
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
स्वशरीरwith/by one's own body
स्वशरीर:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वशरीर
FormNeuter, Instrumental (as first member in compound), Singular
उपजीविषुliving by (it); subsisting on
उपजीविषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootउपजीविन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes