Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 27
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
Devanagari script
स्वर्गोद्देशस्त्वया राजन् सशरीरेण पार्थिव । मुहूर्तमनु भूतो 5सौ सभार्येण नृपोत्तम
Translation
राजन्, पार्थिव! तुमने सशरीर, पत्नी सहित, कुछ मुहूर्त तक स्वर्ग का अनुभव किया है, हे नृपोत्तम।
Word by Word
स्वर्ग-उद्देशःa glimpse/indication of heaven
स्वर्ग-उद्देशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्गोद्देश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
स-शरीरेणwith (your) body; bodily
स-शरीरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसशरीर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पार्थिवO earthly king
पार्थिव:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मुहूर्तम्for a moment
मुहूर्तम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमुहूर्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अनुafter; along; (as preverb with √भू: 'experience')
अनु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु
भूतःexperienced; undergone
भूतः:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
असौthat (he/you there)
असौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (pronoun stem अदस्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स-भार्येणtogether with (your) wife
स-भार्येण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootसभार्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
नृप-उत्तमO best of kings
नृप-उत्तम:
TypeNoun
Rootनृपोत्तम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नर-ईश्वरO lord of men
नर-ईश्वर:
TypeNoun
Rootनरेश्वर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
च्यवन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes