Shloka 5

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

तस्य यज्ञों महानासीदश्चमेधो महात्मन: । बृहस्पतिरुपाध्यायस्तत्र होता बभूव ह,एक समय उन महात्मा नरेशने महान्‌ अश्व-मेधयज्ञका आयोजन किया। उसमें उनके उपाध्याय बृहस्पति होता हुए

Transliteration

tasya yajño mahān āsīd aśvamedho mahātmanaḥ | bṛhaspatir upādhyāyas tatra hotā babhūva ha ||

Translation

ସେଇ ମହାତ୍ମା ନରେଶ ଏକ ସମୟରେ ମହାନ୍ ଅଶ୍ୱମେଧ ଯଜ୍ଞର ଆୟୋଜନ କଲେ। ସେହି ଯଜ୍ଞରେ ତାଙ୍କର ଉପାଧ୍ୟାୟ ବୃହସ୍ପତି ହୋତୃ ଭାବେ ଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

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

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• अश्वमेधः: Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उपाध्यायः: teacher, preceptor
• उपाध्यायः: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• होता: Hotṛ priest (invoker)
• होता: Predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brihaspati
• Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice)
• Hotṛ (priestly office)
• the king (unnamed in this verse)