Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 182

सहधर्म-प्रश्नः तथा अष्टावक्रोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः

Inquiry on Sahadharma and the Opening of the Aṣṭāvakra Narrative

Devanagari script

य: पठेत शुचि: पार्थ ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रिय: । अभग्नयोगो वर्ष तु सो5श्वमेधफलं लभेत्‌

Transliteration

yaḥ paṭheta śuciḥ pārtha brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | abhagnayogo varṣaṃ tu so ’śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet ||

Translation

ਵਾਯੂ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ— ਹੇ ਪਾਰਥ! ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਸ਼ੁੱਧ ਆਚਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਚਾਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਇੰਦ੍ਰਿਯ-ਜਿਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਇੱਕ ਸਾਲ ਤੱਕ ਅਟੁੱਟ ਯੋਗ-ਨਿਸ਼ਠਾ ਨਾਲ ਇਸ ਸਤਵ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਅਸ਼ਵਮੇਧ ਯੱਗ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ ਫਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पठेत्: should recite/read
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शुचिः: pure
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate/student observing brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभग्नयोगः: with unbroken yoga/practice
• अभग्नयोगः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभग्नयोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षम्: for a year
• वर्षम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: indeed/and/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेधफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva
• Pārtha
• Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• this stotra (hymn)