Shloka 10

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच कथं युक्तो5भवदृषिर्भरद्वाज: प्रतापवान्‌ | किमर्थ च यवक्रीत: पुत्रोडनश्यत वै मुनेः,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--ब्रह्मन्‌! प्रतापी भरद्वाज मुनि कैसे योगयुक्त हुए थे और उनके पुत्र यवक्रीत किसलिये नष्ट हो गये थे?

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kathaṃ yukto ’bhavad ṛṣir bharadvājaḥ pratāpavān | kimarthaṃ ca yavakrītaḥ putro ’naśyat vai muneḥ |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “How did the mighty sage Bharadvāja come to be established in yoga (spiritual discipline)? And for what reason did his son Yavakrīta, O sage, meet with destruction?”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• युक्तः: yoked; engaged in yoga; disciplined
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became; was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty; powerful; illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• अर्थम्: purpose; reason
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यवक्रीतः: Yavakrīta
• यवक्रीतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवक्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनश्यत: perished; was destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• मुनेः: of the sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bharadvāja
• Yavakrīta