Shloka 11

Adhyāya 348: Nāga–Nīgabhāryā Saṃvāda on Anger, Hope, and Ethical Response

Devanagari script

एवमेष महान्‌ धर्म: स ते पूर्व नृपोत्तम । कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पित:,नृपश्रेष्ठट इस प्रकार यह महान धर्म मैंने तुम्हें पहले हरिगीतामें संक्षेपसे बताया है

Transliteration

evaṁ eṣa mahān dharmaḥ sa te pūrva nṛpottama | kathito harigītāsu samāsavidhikalpitaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Vì thế, hỡi bậc vương giả tối thượng, giáo pháp vĩ đại về dharma này ta đã từng truyền đạt cho ngài trước đây—được đặt trong ‘những khúc ca của Hari’ và được sắp xếp có chủ ý thành một bản tóm lược ngắn gọn, mạch lạc.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma, duty/law
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: that (he/it)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• नृप-उत्तम: O best of kings
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: नृप + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथितः: told, narrated
• Type: Verb (past passive participle)
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (PPP)

• हरि-गीतासु: in the songs/hymns of Hari (Harigītā-s)
• हरि-गीतासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिगीता
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• समास-विधि-कल्पितः: constructed/formed according to the method of summarizing (by compounding)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: समास + विधि + कल्पित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• nṛpottama (addressed king)
• Hari