Shloka 9

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

अयं हि दुरनुछ्ठेयो मोक्षधर्म: सनातन:

Transliteration

ayaṃ hi duranuchṭheyo mokṣadharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

Translation

Janamejaya berkata: “Sebab dharma pembebasan (mokṣa-dharma) yang kekal ini sungguh sulit untuk dipraktikkan dan dijalankan.”

Word by Word

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दुरनुष्ठेयः: difficult to practise/perform
• दुरनुष्ठेयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरनुष्ठेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मः: the dharma (path/discipline) of liberation
• मोक्षधर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• mokṣa-dharma