Shloka 1

Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra

Devanagari script

शुकदेवजीने पूछा--पिताजी! इस जगतमें जिस धर्मसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई धर्म नहीं है तथा जो सब धर्मोंसे श्रेष्ठ है, उसका आप मुझसे वर्णन कीजिये

Transliteration

śuka uvāca—pitāḥ! asmin jagati yena dharmeṇa paraḥ anyaḥ kaścid dharmo nāsti, yaś ca sarva-dharmebhyaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ, tasya tvaṃ me varṇanaṃ kuru.

Translation

శుకుడు అడిగెను—తండ్రీ! ఈ లోకంలో దీనికంటే ఉన్నతమైన మరొక ధర్మం లేనిదీ, సమస్త ధర్మాలలో శ్రేష్ఠమైనదీ అయిన ఆ ధర్మాన్ని నాకు వివరించండి.

Word by Word

• शुकदेवः: Shukadeva
• शुकदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुकदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितः: O father
• पितः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जगति: world
• जगति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धर्मेण: by (that) dharma
• धर्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्वितीयः: a second (one)
• द्वितीयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: which/that (dharma) which
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वेभ्यः: from all
• सर्वेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• धर्मेभ्यः: from dharmas
• धर्मेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• श्रेष्ठः: best/supreme
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• मम: to me / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• वर्णनम्: description
• वर्णनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्णन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरु: do / please describe
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

शुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शुक (Śuka)
• पिता (Father; traditionally Vyāsa in Śuka–Vyāsa dialogue)