Shloka 7

राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

कि कर्म तेनाचरितं तपो वा नियतव्रत । येनासौ सह शक्रेण स्पर्द्धते सुमहायशा:

Transliteration

ki karma tenācaritaṃ tapo vā niyatavrata | yenāsau saha śakreṇa sparddhate sumahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira perguntou: «Ó sábio de votos disciplinados, que feito ele realizou, ou que austeridade empreendeu, para que—tendo alcançado tão grande renome—ouse agora contender até mesmo com Śakra (Indra)?»

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• तेन: by him/it; by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• आचरितम्: performed, practiced
• आचरितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• नियत-व्रत: O one of restrained vows
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: नियत + व्रत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• येन: by which; whereby
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• असौ: that man, he
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असद् (प्रonominal stem: अदस्)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• शक्रेण: with Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• स्पर्धते: competes, rivals
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पर्ध्
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, third, singular

• सु-महा-यशाः: very greatly renowned
• सु-महा-यशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महा + यशस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śakra (Indra)
• a niyatavrata sage (addressed interlocutor)