Shloka 4
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names
Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana
Devanagari script
धृतराष्ट्र रवाच गावल्गणे>त्र का भक्तिर्या ते नित्या जनार्दने । यया त्वमभिजानासि त्रियुगं मधुसूदनम्
Translation
Dhṛtarāṣṭra bertitah: “Wahai Sañjaya! Apakah hakikat bhakti yang sentiasa ada dalam dirimu kepada Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)? Dengan bhakti itulah engkau mengenal Madhusūdana, Tuhan yang berwujud ‘Triyuga’, bagaimana sebenarnya?”
Word by Word
धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra
धृतराष्ट्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
गावल्गणेO Gaavalgaṇa (Sanjaya)
गावल्गणे:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootगावल्गण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
काwhat (kind of)?
का:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भक्तिःdevotion
भक्तिः:
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
याwhich
या:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
नित्याconstant, perpetual
नित्या:
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
जनार्दनेin/unto Janardana (Krishna)
जनार्दने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्दन
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
ययाby which
यया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
अभिजानासिyou know, recognize
अभिजानासि:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-ज्ञा
FormPresent, 2nd, Singular
त्रियुगम्the one (manifest) in three yugas
त्रियुगम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रियुग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मधुसूदनम्Madhusudana (Krishna)
मधुसूदनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधुसूदन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Meter (Chandas)
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