Shloka 4

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

स्वायम्भुवो<त्रि: कौरव्य परमर्षि: प्रतापवान्‌ । तस्य वंशे महाराज दत्तात्रेय इति स्मृत:

Transliteration

svāyambhuvo 'triḥ kauravya paramarṣiḥ pratāpavān | tasya vaṃśe mahārāja dattātreya iti smṛtaḥ kurunandana ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ കൗരവ്യാ! സ്വയംഭൂ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്)യിൽ നിന്ന് പരമർഷിയും പ്രതാപവാനുമായ മഹർഷി അത്രി ജനിച്ചു. ഹേ മഹാരാജാ, കുരുനന്ദനാ! അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ വംശത്തിൽ ‘ദത്താത്രേയൻ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ഋഷി പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു.

Word by Word

• स्वायम्भुवः: Svāyambhuva (Manu/one sprung from Svayambhū)
• स्वायम्भुवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वायम्भुव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अत्रिः: Atri (the sage)
• अत्रिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परमर्षिः: a supreme sage
• परमर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वंशे: in the lineage
• वंशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दत्तात्रेयः: Dattātreya
• दत्तात्रेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दत्तात्रेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• स्मृतः: is remembered/called
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Atri
• Brahmā (Svayambhū)
• Dattātreya
• Kuru lineage (Kauravya/Kurunandana)