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Shloka 4

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

ब्राह्मण उवाच पतिव्रताया: सत्याया: शीलाढ्याया यतव्रत । संस्मृत्य वाक्‍्यं धर्मज्ञ गुणवानसि मे मत:,ब्राह्मण बोला--उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले धर्मज्ञ व्याध! उस सत्यपरायणा और सुशीला पतिव्रता-देवीके वचनोंका स्मरण करके मुझे यह दृढ़ विश्वास हो गया है कि तुम उत्तम गुणोंसे सम्पन्न हो

brāhmaṇa uvāca | pativratāyāḥ satyāyāḥ śīlāḍhyāyā yatavratāḥ | saṃsmṛtya vākyaṃ dharmajña guṇavān asi me mataḥ ||

The brāhmaṇa said: “O disciplined one, remembering the words of that truthful, virtuous, and devoted wife, I have come to a firm conviction: you are a knower of dharma, and in my judgment you are endowed with noble qualities.”

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
पतिव्रतायाःof the devoted-to-husband woman
पतिव्रतायाः:
TypeNoun
Rootपतिव्रता
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
सत्यायाःof the truthful one
सत्यायाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्या
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
शीलाढ्यायाःof the virtuous/character-rich one
शीलाढ्यायाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootशीलाढ्या
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
यतव्रतO one of restrained vows
यतव्रत:
TypeNoun
Rootयतव्रत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संस्मृत्यhaving remembered
संस्मृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + स्मृ
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Active
वाक्यम्the statement/words
वाक्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धर्मज्ञO knower of dharma
धर्मज्ञ:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मज्ञ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गुणवान्virtuous, possessing good qualities
गुणवान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootगुणवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असिyou are
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
मेof me / to me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
मतःopinion, conviction
मतः:
TypeNoun
Rootमत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

ब्राह्मण उवाच

B
Brāhmaṇa (the inquirer)
P
Pativratā (the devoted wife)
V
Vyādha (the hunter/butcher addressed as dharmajña)