Shloka 3

Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163

Devanagari script

यथा व्विदं न विन्देयुर्नरा नगरवासिन: । तथायं ब्राह्मणो वाच्य: परिग्राह्श्च यत्नत:,आपको यत्नपूर्वक ब्राह्मणपर अनुग्रह तो करना ही चाहिये; किंतु ब्राह्मगणसे यह कह देना चाहिये कि वे इस प्रकार मौन रहें कि नगरनिवासियोंको यह बात मालूम न होने पाये

Transliteration

yathā vvidaṁ na vindeyur narā nagaravāsinaḥ | tathāyaṁ brāhmaṇo vācyaḥ parigrāhaś ca yatnataḥ ||

Translation

ଏପରି ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା କର, ଯେପରି ନଗରବାସୀମାନେ ଏହା ଜାଣିନ ପାରନ୍ତୁ। ତଥାପି ସେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କୁ ଯତ୍ନସହିତ ସମ୍ବୋଧନ କରି, ଯଥାବିଧି ଗ୍ରହଣ-ସତ୍କାର ଓ ସହାୟତା ଦେବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• यथा: just as / in such a way that
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• इदम्: this (matter)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विन्देयुः: might find out / should come to know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विन्दति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नराः: men / people
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नगरवासिनः: town-dwellers
• नगरवासिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: नगरवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so / thus
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाच्यः: to be spoken to / should be addressed (told)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (वक्तुम्) → वाच्य (gerundive)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिग्राहः: acceptance / reception / taking under protection
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्नतः: carefully / with effort
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्न

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• brāhmaṇa
• nagaravāsinaḥ (townspeople)