Shloka 3

Yadu-vaṃśa and the Haihaya Line: From Yadu to Kārtavīrya Arjuna

Devanagari script

सहस्रजित्सुतः श्रीमाञ्छतजिन्नाम पार्थिवः / शतजित्तनयाः ख्यातस्त्रयः परमधार्मिकाः

Transliteration

sahasrajitsutaḥ śrīmāñchatajinnāma pārthivaḥ / śatajittanayāḥ khyātastrayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ

Translation

サハスラジトの子は、光栄ある王シャタジトであった。シャタジトには名高い三人の子があり、いずれも至高のダルマに篤かった。

Word by Word

• sahasra-jit-sutaḥ: son of Sahasrajit
• sahasra-jit-sutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra-jit-suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: sahasra-jit + suta ‘son’

• śrīmān: prosperous, illustrious
• śrīmān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; possessive adjective (मतुप्)

• śata-jit-nāma: named Śatajīt
• śata-jit-nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata-jit-nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; compound: śata-jit + nāman ‘named’

• pārthivaḥ: king
• pārthivaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• śata-jit-tanayāḥ: sons of Śatajīt
• śata-jit-tanayāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata-jit-tanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound: śata-jit + tanaya ‘sons’

• khyātaḥ: was known (as)
• khyātaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √khyā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used predicatively ‘was known’

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; numeral adjective

• parama-dhārmikāḥ: supremely righteous
• parama-dhārmikāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama-dhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound: parama + dhārmika