Shloka 34

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

तेषामेकान्तिन: श्रेष्ठा ये चैवानन्यदेवता: । अहमेव गतिस्तेषां निराशी: कर्मकारिणाम्‌

Transliteration

teṣām ekāntinaḥ śreṣṭhā ye caivānanyadevatāḥ | aham eva gatis teṣāṃ nirāśīḥ karmakāriṇām ||

Translation

तेषामेकान्तिनः श्रेष्ठा ये चैवानन्यदेवताः। अहमेव गतिस्तेषां निराशीः कर्मकारिणाम्॥

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• एकान्तिनः: exclusive devotees (single-minded ones)
• एकान्तिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकान्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• श्रेष्ठाः: the best
• श्रेष्ठाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अनन्यदेवताः: those whose deity is none other (exclusive worshippers)
• अनन्यदेवताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्यदेवता
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: alone/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• गतिः: refuge/goal
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: for them/of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• निराशीः: free from desire/without expectation
• निराशीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराशी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्मकारिणाम्: of those who perform actions (doers of duty)
• कर्मकारिणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Aham (the speaker’s self-reference, i.e., the addressed supreme refuge in context)