Shloka 7

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

पितुर्नियोगमादाय जगाम मिथिलां नृप । प्रष्टें धर्मस्य निष्ठां वै मोक्षस्य च परायणम्‌,नरेश्वर! पिताकी आज्ञा पाकर शुकदेवजी धर्मकी निष्ठा और मोक्षका परम आश्रय पूछनेके लिये मिथिलाकी ओर चल दिये

Transliteration

pitur niyogam ādāya jagāma mithilāṁ nṛpa | praṣṭuṁ dharmasya niṣṭhāṁ vai mokṣasya ca parāyaṇam ||

Translation

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജാവേ! പിതാവിന്റെ നിയോഗം ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് അവൻ മിഥിലയിലേക്കു പോയി—ധർമ്മത്തിലെ നിഷ്ഠയും മോക്ഷത്തിന്റെ പരമാശ്രയവും ചോദിച്ചറിയാൻ.

Word by Word

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नियोगम्: command, injunction
• नियोगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken/accepted
• आदाय: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मिथिलाम्: to Mithilā
• मिथिलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिथिला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रष्टुम्: to ask
• प्रष्टुम्: Prayojana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शस्/शंस् (प्रच्छ्-आदेशः)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for infinitive), Non-finite

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निष्ठाम्: steadfastness, firm basis
• निष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• मोक्षस्य: of liberation
• मोक्षस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• परायणम्: supreme refuge/goal
• परायणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परायण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नर-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नर-ईश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• nṛpa (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Mithilā
• pitā (father)