Shloka 4

Bhīṣma on the Śara-Śayyā: Yudhiṣṭhira and Kṛṣṇa Approach the Eldest for Śānti

Devanagari script

अहो धन्यो नूलोको<यं सभाग्याश्च नरा भुवि | यत्र कर्मेदृशं धर्म्य द्विजेन कृतमित्युत,“अहो! यह मनुष्यलोक धन्य है और इस भूतलके मनुष्य बड़े भाग्यवान्‌ हैं, जहाँ द्विजवर परशुरामजीने ऐसा धर्मसंगत कार्य किया”

Transliteration

aho dhanyo nūloko ’yaṃ sabhāgyāś ca narā bhuvi | yatra karmedṛśaṃ dharmyaṃ dvijena kṛtam ity uta ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ah, bendito é este mundo dos homens, e afortunados são os mortais sobre a terra—pois aqui um brâmane realizou um feito conforme ao dharma.”

Word by Word

• अहो: ah!, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो

• धन्यः: fortunate, blessed
• धन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नु: indeed, surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• लोकः: world, realm
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सभाग्याः: very fortunate
• सभाग्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सभाग्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• कर्म: deed, act
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ईदृशम्: such, of this kind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म्यम्: righteous, in accordance with dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• द्विजेन: by a twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कृतम्: done, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular, passive/resultative

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उत: and also / moreover (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• dvija (Brahmin)
• human world (nṛloka)
• earth (bhūmi)