Shloka 37

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

त्यक्तमानमदक्रोधा धर्मज्ञा द्विजसत्तमा: | स ब्रह्म॒चर्य गोत्र ते तस्य ख्यात्वा परस्परम्‌

Transliteration

tyaktamāna-mada-krodhā dharmajñā dvija-sattamāḥ | sa brahmacarya-gotra te tasya khyātvā parasparam ||

Translation

Накула сказал: «Эти превосходнейшие брахманы, отбросив гордыню, опьянение (маду) и гнев, и будучи знатоками дхармы, узнавали друг друга по соблюдению брахмачарьи и по роду (готра), и так взаимно знакомились.»

Word by Word

• त्यक्त: having abandoned
• त्यक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मान: pride, self-esteem
• मान: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मद: arrogance, intoxication
• मद: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रोधाः: anger (as a trait); angry ones
• क्रोधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मज्ञाः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्विजसत्तमाः: best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• ब्रह्मचर्य: celibacy; studentship
• ब्रह्मचर्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गोत्रे: in the lineage/clan
• गोत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ते: of you/thy
• ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ख्यात्वा: having made known; having learned/recognized
• ख्यात्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• परस्परम्: mutually; to one another
• परस्परम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• dvija-sattamāḥ (excellent brāhmaṇas)
• brahmacarya
• gotra
• dharma