Mahabharata 3.201.43 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 201, Shloka 43
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
वैशम्पायन उवाच कौतूहलसमुत्पन्न: पर्यपृच्छद् युधिष्ठिर: । मार्कण्डेयं महात्मानं पुनरेव सहानुज:
Translation
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ ຈະນະເມຊະຍະ! ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ພຣະທັມມະຣາຊາ ຢຸທິສຖິຣ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍນ້ອງໆ ເກີດຄວາມພິສົດພິສັຍຢ່າງໃຫຍ່ ແລະໄດ້ຖາມ ມະຫາຕະມາ ມາຣະກັນເດຍ ອີກຄັ້ງ ດັ່ງນີ້—»
Word by Word
वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
कौतूहलcuriosity
कौतूहल:
TypeNoun
Rootकौतूहल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
समुत्पन्नःarisen (fully)
समुत्पन्नः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसमुत्पन्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पर्यपृच्छत्asked (repeatedly/fully)
पर्यपृच्छत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
FormImperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मार्कण्डेयम्Mārkaṇḍeya
मार्कण्डेयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमार्कण्डेय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
महात्मानम्the great-souled (sage)
महात्मानम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सहानुजःtogether with (his) younger brothers
सहानुजः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसहानुज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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