Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एतौ हि मूलं दुःखानामस्माकं पुरुषर्षभ

Transliteration

etau hi mūlaṃ duḥkhānām asmākaṃ puruṣarṣabha

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Indeed, these two are the very root of our sufferings, O bull among men.”

Word by Word

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• मूलम्: root/cause
• मूलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दुःखानाम्: of sorrows
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men (best of men)
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• puruṣarṣabha (honorific addressee, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra in Sañjaya’s narration)