Shloka 40
मातापितृपूजन-प्रधानधर्मः (Primacy of Filial Service) — Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of the Vyādha’s Instruction
Devanagari script
दृढाश्वः कपिलाश्वश्न चन्द्राश्वश्वैव भारत । तेभ्य: परम्परा राजन्निक्ष्वाकूणां महात्मनाम्
Transliteration
Dṛḍhāśvaḥ Kapilāśvaś ca Candrāśvaś caiva Bhārata | tebhyaḥ paramparā rājan Ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām ||
Translation
മാർക്കണ്ഡേയൻ പറഞ്ഞു— “ഹേ ഭാരതാ, ദൃഢാശ്വൻ, കപിലാശ്വൻ, അതുപോലെ ചന്ദ്രാശ്വൻ— ഇവരിലൂടെ തന്നെയാണ്, ഹേ രാജാവേ, മഹാത്മാക്കളായ ഇക്ഷ്വാകുക്കളുടെ വംശപരമ്പര അഖണ്ഡമായി തുടർന്നത്.”
Word by Word
दृढाश्वःDṛḍhāśva (a king/person named ‘Firm-horsed’)
दृढाश्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदृढाश्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कपिलाश्वःKapilāśva (a king/person named ‘Tawny-horsed’)
कपिलाश्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकपिलाश्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चन्द्राश्वःCandrāśva (a king/person named ‘Moon-horsed’)
चन्द्राश्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्राश्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तेभ्यःfrom them
तेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Ablative, Plural
परम्पराsuccession/lineage (tradition of descent)
परम्परा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरम्परा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
इक्ष्वाकूणाम्of the Ikṣvākus (Ikṣvāku dynasty)
इक्ष्वाकूणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootइक्ष्वाकु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (noble ones)
महात्मनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Characters & Entities
M
MārkaṇḍeyaD
DṛḍhāśvaK
KapilāśvaC
CandrāśvaI
Ikṣvāku dynastyB
Bhārata (addressee)R
Rājan (king; addressee)Sandhi Notes