Shloka 60

Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

प्रोक्तानि मुनिभि: श्रुत्वा विस्मयामास पाण्डव: । ततः कृष्णो<ब्रवीद्‌ वाक्य पुनर्मतिमतां वर:

Transliteration

proktāni munibhiḥ śrutvā vismayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | tataḥ kṛṣṇo 'bravīd vākyam punar matimatāṁ varaḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นได้ฟังคำสอนที่เหล่าฤๅษีกล่าวไว้ ปาณฑพก็พิศวงยิ่งนัก แล้วกฤษณะ ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่นักปราชญ์ ได้กล่าวถ้อยคำแก่เขาอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• प्रोक्तानि: spoken, uttered (things)
• प्रोक्तानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रोक्त (√वच्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• मुनिभिः: by sages
• मुनिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रुत्वा (√श्रु)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• विस्मयामास: was astonished
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्मि (√स्मि/√स्मय् in causative usage)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Yudhishthira)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (√ब्रू)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• वाक्यम्: a statement, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• मतिमताम्: of the intelligent (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best, the foremost
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Munis (sages)