Shloka 123

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

सदा संनिहितो यत्र विष्णुर्वसति भारत । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च॒ तपोधना:

Transliteration

sadā saṁnihito yatra viṣṇur vasati bhārata | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

Ó Bhārata, onde quer que Viṣṇu habite—sempre presente—ali também residem Brahmā e os demais deuses, e os sábios ricos em austeridade. O verso ressalta que a presença divina santifica um lugar e atrai para ele todos os poderes superiores e os videntes santos, tornando-o um centro natural de reverência e reta conduta.

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• संनिहितः: present, close at hand
• संनिहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसति: dwells, resides
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• ब्रह्मादयः: Brahma and others
• ब्रह्मादयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मादि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तपोधनाः: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• तपोधनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Bhārata (addressee)