Shloka 42

Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच आहारान्‌ कीदृशान्‌ कृत्वा कानि जित्वा च भारत । योगी बलमवाप्रोति तद्‌ भवान्‌ वक्तुमहसि,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--भरतनन्दन! योगी कैसे आहार करके और किन-किनको जीतकर योगशक्ति प्राप्त कर लेता है, यह आप मुझे बतानेकी कृपा करें

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: āhārān kīdṛśān kṛtvā kāni jitvā ca Bhārata | yogī balam avāpnoti tad bhavān vaktum arhasi ||

Translation

యుధిష్ఠిరుడు పలికెను—ఓ భారతా! యోగి ఏ విధమైన ఆహారాన్ని స్వీకరించి, ఏ ఏ అంతరాయాలను/వికారాలను జయించి యోగబలాన్ని పొందుతాడు? దయచేసి అది నాకు వివరించండి।

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आहारान्: foods, diet
• आहारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कीदृशान्: of what kind
• कीदृशान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीदृश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कृत्वा: having made/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active

• कानि: which (things)
• कानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• जित्वा: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active

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

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: strength, power
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नोति: attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are able (please)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• yogī (the yogin, as a type)