Shloka 11

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

इसके बाद धर्मात्माओंमें श्रेष्ठ जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामजी ऋषियोंके बीचमें खड़े होकर सूर्यके समान प्रकाशित होते हुए वहाँ कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्ठिरसे इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

tataḥ paraṁ dharmātmānāṁ śreṣṭho jamadagninandanaḥ paraśurāmaḥ ṛṣīṇāṁ madhye sthitvā sūrya iva prakāśamānaḥ tatra kuntīkumāraṁ yudhiṣṭhiraṁ prati evam uvāca |

Translation

ततः परं धर्मात्मानां श्रेष्ठो जमदग्निनन्दनः परशुरामः । ऋषिमध्ये स्थितः सूर्य इव दीप्तिमान् तत्र कुन्तीकुमारं युधिष्ठिरमिदं वचः प्रोवाच ॥

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas

• dharma-ātmānām: of the righteous-souled (men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma-ātman
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• śreṣṭhaḥ: the best
• śreṣṭhaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śreṣṭha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• jamadagni-nandanaḥ: the son of Jamadagni (Paraśurāma)
• jamadagni-nandanaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: jamadagni-nandana
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• paraśu-rāmaḥ: Paraśurāma
• paraśu-rāmaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraśu-rāma
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• madhye: in the midst
• madhye: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• sthitaḥ: standing
• sthitaḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā
• Form: kta (past passive participle, used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sūrya-sadṛśaḥ: like the sun
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya-sadṛśa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prakāśamānaḥ: shining, radiating
• prakāśamānaḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: prakāś
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra

• kuntī-kumāram: Kuntī's son
• kuntī-kumāram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuntī-kumāra
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• yudhiṣṭhiram: Yudhiṣṭhira
• yudhiṣṭhiram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ittham: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ittham

• uvāca: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac
• Form: Perfect (liṭ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Paraśurāma
• Jamadagni
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuntī
• Sūrya (as simile)