Shloka 34

Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं निखिलेन युधिष्छिर । पृष्टवानसि यं तात धर्म धर्मभूतां वर

Transliteration

etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ nikhilena yudhiṣṭhira | pṛṣṭavān asi yaṃ tāta dharmaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara ||

Translation

Сказал Маркандейя: «О Юдхиштхира, я поведал тебе всё полностью, в точности как ты спрашивал, дитя моё, — о дхарме. О лучший из блюстителей праведности, вот то наставление, которого ты искал».

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative/Genitive, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told / explained
• आख्यातम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (कथने)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• निखिलेन: completely / in full
• निखिलेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निखिल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पृष्टवान्: having asked / you asked
• पृष्टवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ् (प्रश्ने)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्तवतु (perfective past active participle)

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भुवि)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यम्: which / whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तात: O dear one / O son
• तात: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्म: dharma / righteousness
• धर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मभूताम्: which has become dharma / consisting of dharma
• धर्मभूताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, भूत (past participial adjective)

• वर: O best one / O excellent (one)
• वर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative/Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the completion of a dharma-instruction: the sage has fully answered the king’s inquiry, framing dharma as a comprehensive, teachable standard of right conduct and praising Yudhiṣṭhira as one devoted to upholding it.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya concludes his explanation to Yudhiṣṭhira, stating that he has narrated everything in full in response to the king’s question about dharma, and he addresses him affectionately while honoring his reputation for righteousness.