Shloka 1

Āśrama-dharma and Brahmacarya: Śuka’s Inquiry on Karma and Tyāga (शुक-प्रश्नः कर्मत्यागविवेकश्च)

Devanagari script

भीकम (2 अमान चतुस्त्रिंशर्दाधेकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: ब्राह्मणोंका कर्तव्य और उन्हें दान देनेकी महिमाका वर्णन व्यास उवाच भूतग्रामे नियुक्त यत्‌ तदेतत्‌ कीर्तितं मया । ब्राह्मणस्य तु यत्‌ कृत्यं तत्‌ ते वक्ष्यामि तच्छूणु

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | bhūtagrāme niyuktaṃ yat tad etat kīrtitaṃ mayā | brāhmaṇasya tu yat kṛtyaṃ tat te vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu ||

Translation

វ្យាសៈបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «កូនអើយ! អំពីអ្វីដែលអ្នកបានសួរពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងសហគមន៍សត្វមានជីវិត និងលំដាប់ដែលបានកំណត់របស់ពួកវា—ខ្ញុំបានពន្យល់រួចហើយ។ ឥឡូវ ចូរស្តាប់ ខ្ញុំនឹងប្រាប់អ្នកអំពីកាតព្វកិច្ចត្រឹមត្រូវរបស់ព្រាហ្មណៈ»។

Word by Word

• व्यासः: Vyasa
• व्यासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• भूतग्रामे: in/with regard to the collection of beings
• भूतग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नियुक्तम्: appointed/posed (as a question); assigned
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that (what)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कीर्तितम्: has been described/mentioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्त्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• ब्राह्मणस्य: of a Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• यत्: which/that (what)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कृत्यम्: duty; what is to be done
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), First, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Second, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• brāhmaṇa
• bhūtagrāma (aggregate of beings)