Shloka 1

अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माज बछ। अ-आकऋातज त्रिपञज्चशत्तमो<् ध्याय: च्यवन मुनिके द्वारा राजा-रानीके धैर्यकी परीक्षा और उनकी सेवासे प्रसन्न होकर उन्हें आशीर्वाद देना युधिछिर उवाच तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते विप्रे राजा किमकरोत्‌ तदा । भार्या चास्य महाभागा तनमे ब्रूहि पितामह

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: tasminn antarhite vipre rājā kim akarot tadā | bhāryā cāsya mahābhāgā tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||

Translation

ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਪਿਤਾਮਹ! ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਅੰਤਧਾਨ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ, ਤਦ ਰਾਜੇ ਨੇ ਕੀ ਕੀਤਾ? ਅਤੇ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਭਾਗਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ ਰਾਣੀ ਨੇ ਕੀ ਕੀਤਾ? ਮੈਨੂੰ ਦੱਸੋ।

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्हिते: when (he) had disappeared/vanished
• अन्तर्हिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विप्रे: when the brāhmaṇa (sage) had disappeared
• विप्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: did
• अकरोत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/तद् (एतद्-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• महाभागा: highly fortunate/noble
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• पितामह: O grandsire (Bhīṣma)
• पितामह: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• the king (unnamed here)
• the queen (unnamed here)
• a brāhmaṇa/sage (vipra)