Shloka 5

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

कि नु तस्य शरीरेडस्ति सर्वलक्षणपूजिते | अनिष्टं लक्षणं कृष्ण येन दुःखान्युपाश्नुते

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kiṃ nu tasya śarīre 'sti sarvalakṣaṇapūjite | aniṣṭaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kṛṣṇa yena duḥkhāny upāśnute ||

Translation

ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရက ပြောသည်— «အို ကృష్ణ၊ သူ၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာသည် မင်္ဂလာလက္ခဏာ အားလုံးဖြင့် ချီးမြှောက်ခံရသည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် သူသည် ဒုက္ခများစွာကို ခံစားရစေသော မင်္ဂလာမဟုတ်သည့် လက္ခဏာသည် သူ၌ မည်သို့ရှိသနည်း»။

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• शरीरे: in the body
• शरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सर्वलक्षणपूजिते: in (a body) honored/marked with all (auspicious) signs
• सर्वलक्षणपूजिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वलक्षणपूजित
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अनिष्टम्: inauspicious/undesired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिष्ट
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• लक्षणम्: mark/sign
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter/masculine, instrumental, singular

• दुःखानि: sufferings
• दुःखानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• उपाश्नुते: experiences/undergoes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

External auspicious signs do not guarantee a life free from suffering; Yudhiṣṭhira’s question points toward a deeper moral causality—dharma and karma—where pain may arise from complex past causes and the burdens of duty, not merely from visible ‘omens’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa, puzzled that a person who appears endowed with all auspicious bodily marks still undergoes repeated hardships, and he asks what hidden inauspicious factor could explain that suffering.