Shloka 2

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

ये तु दग्धेन्धना लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिता: । तेषां त्वयाभिनिर्दिष्टा पारम्पर्यागता गति:

Transliteration

ye tu dagdhendhanā loke puṇyapāpavivarjitāḥ | teṣāṃ tvayābhinirdiṣṭā pāramparyāgatā gatiḥ ||

Translation

ジャナメージャヤは言った。「だが、かの世において、すでに燃え尽きた薪のように、功徳と罪のいずれからも離れた者たちについては、汝は伝承に連なるその行き先を説き示した。」

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दग्ध-इन्धने: in (the state of) burnt fuel
• दग्ध-इन्धने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दग्ध + इन्धन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुण्य-पाप-विवर्जिताः: devoid of merit and sin
• पुण्य-पाप-विवर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + पाप + विवर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• अभिनिर्दिष्टा: indicated/pointed out
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-नि-√दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पारम्पर्य-आगता: handed down by tradition
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारम्पर्य + आगत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: course/way/destination
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya