Shloka 18

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि यन्मे पृष्ट: पुरा गुरु:

Transliteration

hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yan me pṛṣṭaḥ purā guruḥ

Translation

ດີແລ້ວ—ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະເລົ່າໃຫ້ທ່ານຟັງ ກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງທີ່ອາຈານຜູ້ນ່າເຄົາລົບຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຄີຍຖາມຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໃນອະດີດ।

Word by Word

• हन्त: indeed; well then; lo
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हन्त

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

• कथयिष्यामि: I will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (कथ् + णिच्)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: any, Genitive, Singular

• पृष्टः: asked (by you/one)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly; earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• गुरुः: the teacher; preceptor
• गुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• guru (teacher/preceptor)