Shloka 7

Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: On the Superiority of Giving

Maitreya–Vyāsa Exemplum

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मभूतश्चरन्‌ विप्र: कृष्णद्वैपायन: पुरा । ददर्श कीटं धावन्तं शीघ्रं शकटवर्त्मनि

Transliteration

brahmabhūtaś caran vipraḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ purā | dadarśa kīṭaṃ dhāvantaṃ śīghraṃ śakaṭavartmani ||

Translation

قدیم زمانے میں برہمن حالت میں قائم گھومنے والے برہمن کرشن دویپاین (ویاس) نے گاڑی کے پہیے کے نشان والی راہ پر ایک کیڑے کو نہایت تیزی سے دوڑتے دیکھا۔

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मभूतः: having become Brahman; Brahman-like
• ब्रह्मभूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चरन्: walking; moving about
• चरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विप्रः: brahmin; sage
• विप्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly; once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• कीटम्: an insect; worm
• कीटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धावन्तम्: running
• धावन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• शकटवर्त्मनि: on the cart-track; in the wagon-road
• शकटवर्त्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकटवर्त्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)
• kīṭa (insect)
• śakaṭavartman (cart-track/road)