Shloka 11

Adhyāya 20 — Rājadharma Argument for Paternal Inheritance and Timely Conciliation

Devanagari script

तथा विराटनगरे योन्यन्तरगतैरिव । प्राप्त: परमसंक्लेशो यथा पापैर्महात्मभि:,“इतना ही नहीं, दूसरी योनिमें पड़े हुए पापियोंकी तरह विराटनगरमें भी इन महात्माओंको महान्‌ क्लेश सहन करना पड़ा है

Transliteration

tathā virāṭanagare yonyantaragatair iva | prāptaḥ paramasaṅkleśo yathā pāpair mahātmabhiḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「同じくヴィラータの都においても、あの大いなる魂の者たちは極度の苦難に耐えねばならなかった――罪人が他の胎に堕ち、自らの業の苦い報いを受けるがごとく。」

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• विराट-नगरे: in the city of Virāṭa
• विराट-नगरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराटनगर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• योनि-अन्तर-गतैः: by/like those who have gone into another womb (rebirth)
• योनि-अन्तर-गतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योनि-अन्तर-गत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: as if; like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• प्राप्तः: attained; came upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Perfective (past participle), Singular

• परम-संक्लेशः: the greatest distress
• परम-संक्लेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमसंक्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पापैः: by sinners; by the wicked
• पापैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महात्मभिः: by great-souled ones
• महात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Virāṭanagara (city of Virāṭa)
• mahātmānaḥ (the great-souled ones; contextually the Pāṇḍavas)