Shloka 141

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

किमर्थ च जगत्‌ सर्व शरीरस्थं तवानघ । कियन्तं च त्वया कालमिह स्थेयमरिंदम,“अनघ! यह सारा संसार आपके शरीरमें किसलिये स्थित है? शत्रुदमन! आप कितने समयतक यहाँ इस रूपमें रहेंगे?

Transliteration

kimarthaṃ ca jagat sarvaṃ śarīrasthaṃ tavānagha | kiyantaṃ ca tvayā kālam iha stheyam ariṃdama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Blameless one, for what purpose does this entire universe abide within your body? And, O subduer of foes, for how long must you remain here in this manifested form?”

Word by Word

• किमर्थम्: for what purpose/why
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थ

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

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शरीरस्थम्: situated in (your) body
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरस्थ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कियन्तम्: how much/how long
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कियन्त्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• कालम्: time/period
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• स्थेयम्: to be stayed/should remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligative), Passive sense, Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अरिंदम: O subduer of enemies
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• anagha (epithet of the addressed person)
• ariṃdama (epithet of the addressed person)
• jagat (the universe/world)