Shloka 2736

पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control

Devanagari script

उत्तड़क: प्राञ्जलियरतव्रे वरं भरतसत्तम । मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ इस प्रकार भगवान्‌ विष्णुके द्वारा वर लेनेके लिये आग्रह होनेपर उत्तड्कने हाथ जोड़कर इस प्रकार वर माँगा

Transliteration

Uttaḍakaḥ prāñjalir atavre varaṁ bharatasattama | Mārkaṇḍeya-jī kathayati—bharataśreṣṭha, evaṁ bhagavān Viṣṇunā vara-grahaṇāya āgrahe kṛte, Uttaḍakaḥ karau saṁyojya evaṁ varaṁ yayāce |

Translation

Markandeya said: “O best of the Bharatas, when the blessed Lord Vishnu urged Uttanka to choose a boon, Uttanka—joining his hands in reverence—requested a boon in this manner.”

Word by Word

• उत्तडकः: Uttanka (name)
• उत्तडकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तडक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राञ्जलिः: with joined hands
• प्राञ्जलिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतव्रे: O one of unfailing vow / steadfast in vows
• अतव्रे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Uttanka (Uttaḍaka)
• Viṣṇu
• Bharata (as a dynastic epithet)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied addressee by epithet)