Shloka 29

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

न हि विष्णु: प्रणमति कस्मैचिद्‌ विबुधाय च

Transliteration

na hi viṣṇuḥ praṇamati kasmaicit vibudhāya ca

Translation

Wika ni Arjuna: “Sapagkat si Viṣṇu ay hindi yumuyuko kaninuman—ni maging sa alinmang nilalang na makalangit.” Sa diwa ng talata, itinatampok nito ang kataas-taasan at ganap na kasarinlan ni Viṣṇu, na nagpapahiwatig na ang sukdulang paggalang ay para sa pinakamataas na prinsipyo, hindi sa mga kapangyarihang pangalawa lamang.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

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

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• praṇamati: bows down/salutes
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• kasmaicit: to anyone (to some person/thing whatsoever)
• kasmaicit: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kasmat + cit
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (contextual), Dative, Singular

• vibudhāya: to a god/wise being
• vibudhāya: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ca: and/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Viṣṇu
• Vibudha (celestial beings/devas)