Shloka 50

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

स तान्‌ प्रसादयामास शापस्यान्तो भवेदिति | तैश्षाप्युक्त: क्षिपन्‌ धर्म शापस्यान्तमवाप्स्यसि

Transliteration

sa tān prasādayāmāsa śāpasya anto bhaved iti | taiḥ śāpyuktaḥ kṣipan dharmaṃ śāpasya antam avāpsyasi ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Желая положить конец проклятию, он умилостивил Питри — духов предков. И они, будучи удовлетворены, сказали ему: «Обвинив Дхарму — Юдхиштхиру, царя праведности, — ты достигнешь освобождения от этого проклятия».

Word by Word

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

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रसादयामास: propitiated / pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (प्र + सद्/साद् caus.)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शापस्य: of the curse
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तः: end
• अन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may be / might occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शापि-उक्तः: addressed/spoken to (by a curse / under curse)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (√वच्, past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिपन्: casting / hurling / censuring
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मम्: Dharma (Yama) / righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शापस्य: of the curse
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तम्: end
• अन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain / reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप्
• Form: Simple Future, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• Dharma (as Yudhiṣṭhira / Dharmarāja)
• Yudhiṣṭhira