Shloka 5

Karma, Preta-gati, and the Continuity of Phala

Mārkaṇḍeya’s Instruction

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच मुच्यतामयमायुष्मन्‌ भ्राता मेडमितविक्रम: । वयमाहारमन्यं ते दास्याम: क्षुज्ञिवारणम्‌,तब युधिष्ठटिरने सर्पसे कहा--आयुष्मन्‌! आप मेरे इस अनन्त पराक्रमी भाईको छोड़ दें। हमलोग आपकी भूख मिटानेके लिये दूसरा भोजन देंगे

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | mucyatām ayam āyuṣman bhrātā me dīptavikramaḥ | vayam āhāram anyaṃ te dāsyāmaḥ kṣudhnivāraṇam ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai yang dimuliakan, lepaskan saudaraku ini yang menyala-nyala keberaniannya. Kami akan memberimu santapan lain untuk melenyapkan laparmu.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• मुच्यताम्: let (him) be released
• मुच्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Passive

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

• आयुष्मन्: O venerable one / O long-lived one
• आयुष्मन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अमितविक्रमः: of immeasurable prowess
• अमितविक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमितविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

• आहारम्: food
• आहारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• दास्यामः: we will give
• दास्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Simple Future, 1st, Plural, Parasmaipada

• क्षुध्: hunger
• क्षुध्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• निवारणम्: removal / appeasement
• निवारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yudhiṣṭhira's brother (implied: Bhīma in the serpent episode)
• Sarpa (serpent) (implied by narrative context)