Shloka 4

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

Devanagari script

त॑ वपाधूमगन्ध॑ तु धर्मराज: सहानुजै:

Transliteration

taṁ vapādhūmagandhaṁ tu dharmarājaḥ sahānujaiḥ

Translation

तेव्हा धर्मराज युधिष्ठिराने अनुजांसह, द्विज विधिपूर्वक कर्म करीत असता वपाधुराच्या धुराचा तो गंध अनुभविला.

Word by Word

• तं: him/that (person)
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वपाधूमगन्धं: the smell of fat-smoke
• वपाधूमगन्धं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपा-धूम-गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• धर्मराजः: Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहानुजैः: together with (his) younger brothers
• सहानुजैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सह-अनुज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Younger brothers of Yudhiṣṭhira (the Pāṇḍavas)
• vapā (sacrificial fat)
• dhūma (smoke)