Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 713
Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment
Parāśara’s Instruction
Devanagari script
गजेन्द्रकर्ण गोकर्ण पाणिकर्ण नमोस्तु ते । आपके कान भी सब ओरे हैं। संसारमें जो कुछ है
Translation
「ガジェーンドラカルナ、ゴーカルナ、パーニカルナよ、汝に礼拝する。汝の耳は四方に遍く、世にある一切を包み尽くして汝は安住する。シャンクカルナ、マハーカルナ、クンバカルナ、アルガヴァーラヤ、ガジェーンドラカルナ、ゴーカルナ、パーニカルナ——この七人の眷属は、まさしく汝自身の相である。そのすべての姿において、我は汝に敬礼する。」
Word by Word
गजेन्द्रकर्णO one whose ears are like an elephant-lord’s (great-eared one)
गजेन्द्रकर्ण:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootगजेन्द्रकर्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
गोकर्णO cow-eared one
गोकर्ण:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootगोकर्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पाणिकर्णO hand-eared one
पाणिकर्ण:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootपाणिकर्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नमःsalutation, homage
नमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Dative, Singular
Speaker
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