Shloka 44

Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection

Devanagari script

दीक्षित: स तु धर्मात्मा धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । जगाम यज्ञायतनं वृतो विप्रै: सहस्रश:,यज्ञकी दीक्षा लेकर धर्मात्मा धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर सहसौ्रों ब्राह्मणोंसे घिरे हुए यज्ञमण्डपमें गये

Transliteration

dīkṣitaḥ sa tu dharmātmā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | jagāma yajñāyatanaṃ vṛto vipraiḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

यज्ञाची दीक्षा घेऊन धर्मात्मा धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर हजारो ब्राह्मणांनी वेढलेला यज्ञमंडपाकडे गेला.

Word by Word

• दीक्षितः: initiated (having taken consecration)
• दीक्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीक्षित (√दिक्ष्/दीक्ष् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled one
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यज्ञायतनम्: sacrificial enclosure/altar-ground
• यज्ञायतनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञायतन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वृतः: surrounded/attended
• वृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (√वृ + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विप्रैः: by Brahmins
• विप्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहस्रशः: in thousands / by the thousand
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)
• brāhmaṇas (vipras)
• yajñāyatana (sacrificial enclosure)