Shloka 16

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच उद्यता यज्ञभागा हि साक्षात्‌ प्राप्ता: सुरैरिह । किमर्थमिह न प्राप्तो दर्शनं स हरिरविंभु:,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--पितामह! जब सभी देवताओंने प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन देकर अपने-अपने भाग ग्रहण किये, तब भगवान्‌ विष्णुने उस यज्ञमें पधारकर भी क्‍यों प्रत्यक्ष दर्शन नहीं दिया?

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: udyatā yajñabhāgā hi sākṣāt prāptāḥ surair iha | kimartham iha na prāpto darśanaṃ sa Harir Avimbhuḥ ||

Translation

యుధిష్ఠిరుడు అడిగాడు—“పితామహా! ఇక్కడ దేవతలు ప్రత్యక్షంగా వచ్చి యజ్ఞంలోని తమ తమ భాగాలను స్వీకరించారు; అయితే స్వయంభూ హరి-విష్ణువు ఈ యజ్ఞంలో ప్రత్యక్ష దర్శనం ఎందుకు ఇవ్వలేదు?”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उद्यताः: raised/ready (for offering)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यज्ञभागाः: shares/portions of the sacrifice
• यज्ञभागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञभाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात्

• प्राप्ताः: obtained/received; (having) come
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इह: here (in this sacrifice/context)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• किमर्थम्: for what reason/why
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थ

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

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

• प्राप्तः: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्त
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दर्शनम्: a vision/sight (direct appearance)
• दर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अविभुः: the all-pervading/omnipresent one (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• सुर (the Devas/gods)
• हरि / विष्णु (Hari/Vishnu)
• यज्ञ (sacrifice)