Shloka 19

Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly

Devanagari script

प्रणमन्ति च ये त्वां हि प्रभाते तु नरा भुवि । न तेषां दुर्लभ किंचित्‌ पुत्रतो धनतो5पि वा

Transliteration

praṇamanti ca ye tvāṃ hi prabhāte tu narā bhuvi | na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiñcit putrato dhanato 'pi vā ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ມະນຸດໃນໂລກນີ້ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ກາບນົບພຣະນາງໃນຍາມເຊົ້າຕູ່—ສຳລັບພວກເຂົາ ບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດຫາຍາກ: ບໍ່ວ່າລູກຫຼານ ຫຼື ຊັບສິນ.»

Word by Word

• प्रणमन्ति: they bow down
• प्रणमन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• प्रभाते: in the morning (at dawn)
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• नराः: men/people
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth/in the world
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भूमि)
• Form: स्त्री, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• तेषाम्: for them/of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• किञ्चित्: anything
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुत्रतः: as regards a son/with respect to sons
• पुत्रतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• धनतः: as regards wealth/with respect to wealth
• धनतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ablatival adverb)

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the addressed goddess/deity (tvām)
• men/people on earth (narāḥ, bhuvi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular, sincere devotion—expressed as a daily dawn salutation—removes obstacles and is traditionally said to make essential human aims like family continuity (sons) and material stability (wealth) attainable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, as narrator, describes the fruit of honoring a goddess/deity: those who remember and bow to her each morning are promised relief from difficulty and ready attainment of desired goods such as offspring and wealth.