Shloka 119

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच व्याख्याता मे त्वया प्रश्ना याथातथ्यं परंतप । पुरुष त्विदानीं व्याख्याहि यश्च सर्वधनी नर:

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca vyākhyātā me tvayā praśnā yāthātathyaṁ parantapa | puruṣas tv idānīṁ vyākhyāhi yaś ca sarvadhanī naraḥ ||

Translation

The Yaksha said: “You have explained my questions to me truthfully and as they really are, O scorcher of foes. Now explain, in turn, what kind of man is truly ‘possessed of all wealth’.”

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• व्याख्याताः: explained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याख्यात (√ख्या with vi-ā-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

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

• प्रश्नाः: questions
• प्रश्नाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• याथातथ्यम्: truly / as it really is
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: याथातथ्य

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरुष: O man
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तु: but / now then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• इदानीम्: now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम्

• व्याख्याहि: explain (you) / tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याख्या (vi-ā-√ख्या)
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सर्वधनी: possessing all wealth / very wealthy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वधनिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yaksha
• Parantapa (epithet addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira)