Shloka 12

आदि पर्व, अध्याय 104 — कर्णोत्पत्ति, दानधर्म, वैकर्तन-नामकरण

Karna’s Birth, Gift-Ethic, and the Name Vaikartana

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच तथोच्यमानो मात्रा स सुहृद्धिश्व॒ परंतप: । इत्युवाचाथ धर्मात्मा धर्म्यमेवोत्तरं वच:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! माता और सुहृदोंके ऐसा कहनेपर शत्रुदमन धर्मात्मा भीष्मने यह धर्मानुकूल उत्तर दिया--

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tathocyamāno mātrā sa suhṛdbhiś ca parantapaḥ | ity uvācātha dharmātmā dharmyam evottaraṃ vacaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Khi được mẹ và những người thiện chí khuyên bảo như thế, kẻ khuất phục quân thù (Bhīṣma), kiên định trong chính pháp, liền đáp lại—một lời đáp hoàn toàn phù hợp với dharma.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उच्यमानः: being spoken to / being addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)

• मात्रा: by (his) mother
• मात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुहृद्भिः: by friends / well-wishers
• सुहृद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परंतपः: scorcher of foes
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

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

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• धर्मात्मा: righteous-souled
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म्यम्: righteous, in accordance with dharma
• धर्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• उत्तरम्: answering, in reply
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: speech, words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Janamejaya
• mother of Bhīṣma
• suhṛd (well-wishers/friends)