Shloka 7

अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship

Book 14, Chapter 89

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिर: प्रादाद्‌ ब्राह्मणेभ्ये यथाविधि

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prādād brāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi

Translation

Pagkaraan nito, si Yudhiṣṭhira, ayon sa itinakdang ritwal, ay nagkaloob ng nararapat na mga handog sa mga Brahmin, na kumikilos alinsunod sa dharma at sa kaayusang pangseremonya.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, dative, plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya

• विधि: rule, prescribed procedure
• विधि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Brāhmaṇas