Shloka 3

Devanagari script

को धर्म: सर्वधर्माणां भवत: परमो मतः । कि जपन्‌ मुच्यते जन्तुर्जन्मसंसारबन्धनात्‌,आप समस्त धर्मोमें किस धर्मको परम श्रेष्ठ मानते हैं? तथा किसका जप करनेसे जीव जन्म-मरणरूप संसार-बन्धनसे मुक्त हो जाता है?

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ko dharmaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ bhavataḥ paramo mataḥ | kiṃ japan mucyate jantur janma-saṃsāra-bandhanāt ||

Translation

సర్వ ధర్మములలో మీరు ఏ ధర్మమును పరమోత్తమమని భావిస్తారు? మరియు ఏ నామజపముచేత జీవుడు జన్మమరణరూప సంసారబంధనమునుండి విముక్తుడగును?

Word by Word

• कः: which/what (one)
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, duty, righteousness
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-धर्माणाम्: of all dharmas
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भवतः: of you (honorific)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• परमः: supreme, highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मतः: considered, regarded (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: what (thing)
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जपन्: reciting, repeating (in japa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुच्यते: is freed, is released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present, Lat, Passive, Third, Singular

• जन्तुः: living being, creature
• जन्तुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जन्म-संसार-बन्धनात्: from the bondage of birth and worldly existence
• जन्म-संसार-बन्धनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + संसार + बन्धन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira