Shloka 16

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Accession Settlements and Approach to Vāsudeva (युधिष्ठिरस्य राज्यस्थापनं वासुदेवाभिगमनं च)

Devanagari script

नौपम्यं विद्यते तस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु किंचन । सो5भिगम्य महात्मानं विष्णुं पुरुषविग्रहम्‌

Transliteration

naupamyaṃ vidyate tasya triṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana | so 'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ viṣṇuṃ puruṣa-vigraham ||

Translation

ତିନି ଲୋକରେ ତାଙ୍କ ସମାନ କୌଣସି ଉପମା ନାହିଁ; ତେଣୁ ସେ ପୁରୁଷରୂପ ଧାରଣ କରିଥିବା ମହାତ୍ମା ବିଷ୍ଣୁଙ୍କୁ ନିକଟେ ଯାଇ ପହଞ୍ଚିଲା।

Word by Word

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

• उपम्यम्: a comparable thing; an equal
• उपम्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपम्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तस्य: of him/it
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• किंचन: anything (at all)
• किंचन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किंचन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• अभिगम्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada (root-based)

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled (one)
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विष्णुम्: Vishnu
• विष्णुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषविग्रहम्: having a human form
• पुरुषविग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुष-विग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Viṣṇu