Shloka 1

Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma

The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः

Devanagari script

लोमशजी कहते हैं--भारत! यहाँ शरीर छूट जानेपर मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकमें जाते हैं; इसलिये हजारों इस तीर्थमें मरनेके लिये आकर निवास करते हैं

Transliteration

Lomaśa uvāca—Bhārata! iha śarīre chūte manuṣyāḥ svargalokaṁ gacchanti; tasmāt sahasraśo ’smin tīrthe maraṇāya āgatya nivasantīti.

Translation

Lomaśa said: “O descendant of Bharata, when the body is cast off here, people attain the heavenly world. Therefore, thousands come and dwell at this sacred ford, seeking to die here.”

Word by Word

• लोमशः: Lomasha (the sage)
• लोमशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned (having left)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• मनुष्याः: people, men
• मनुष्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वर्गलोकम्: the world of heaven
• स्वर्गलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यान्ति: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मिन् (इदम्)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/pilgrimage place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मरणाय: for death (in order to die)
• मरणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• आगत्य: having come
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• निवसन्ति: dwell, reside
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√वस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• Svargaloka
• Tīrtha (unnamed sacred place)