Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 179

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

सत्यं सत्यं हि नः शक्र वाक्यमेतत्‌ सुनिश्चितम्‌ | न यन्महे श्वरं मुक्त्वा कथान्या मम रोचते

Transliteration

satyaṁ satyaṁ hi naḥ śakra vākyam etat su-niścitam | na yan maheśvaraṁ muktvā kathānyā mama rocate ||

Translation

ಹೇ ಶಕ್ರನೇ! ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ಮಾತು ಸತ್ಯ—ಸತ್ಯವೇ—ಮತ್ತು ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ನಿಶ್ಚಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಹೇಶ್ವರನನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವ ಮಾತೂ ನನಗೆ ರುಚಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• सत्यम्: truth; true
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth; true
• सत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नः: of us; our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: statement; speech
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• सुनिश्चितम्: well-determined; firmly resolved
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिश्चित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• महे: to me
• महे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord (Mahādeva)
• ईश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मुक्त्वा: having left; excepting
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• कथा: talk; discourse
• कथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्या: other
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• रोचते: pleases; is agreeable
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वासुदेव (Vāsudeva/Kṛṣṇa)
• शक्र (Śakra/Indra)
• महेश्वर (Maheśvara/Śiva)