Shloka 44

Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage

Devanagari script

भो भो ब्राह्मण धर्मज्ञ किमर्थ नृत्यते भवान्‌ | हर्षस्थानं किमर्थ च तवेदमधिकं मुने

Transliteration

bho bho brāhmaṇa dharmajña kimarthaṁ nṛtyate bhavān | harṣasthānaṁ kimarthaṁ ca tavedaṁ adhikaṁ mune ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi Bà-la-môn, bậc am tường dharma, vì cớ gì ngài lại nhảy múa? Và đâu là nguyên do của niềm vui này của ngài, hỡi hiền giả—sao sự hân hoan lại quá đỗi như vậy?”

Word by Word

• भो: O! (vocative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो

• भो: O! (repeated address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो

• ब्राह्मण: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किमर्थम्: for what reason? why?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थ

• नृत्यते: dances
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हर्षस्थानम्: cause/place of joy
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्षस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किमर्थम्: for what reason? why?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थ

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

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधिकम्: excess / extraordinary
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मुने: O sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin addressee)
• मुनि (a sage addressee)