Shloka 32

शान्ति पर्व (अध्याय 38): युधिष्ठिरस्य राजधर्म-जिज्ञासा तथा भीष्मोपसर्पण-प्रस्तावना | Shanti Parva Chapter 38: Yudhishthira’s Inquiry into Rajadharma and the Prelude to Approaching Bhishma

Devanagari script

जज्ञुश्वैव महात्मानस्ततस्तं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । ब्राह्मणा वेदविद्वांसस्तपोभिविमलीकृता:,उन वेदवेत्ता ब्राह्मणोंका अन्त:ःकरण तपस्यासे निर्मल हो गया था। उन महात्माओंने ज्ञानदृष्टिसे उस राक्षसको पहचान लिया

Transliteration

jajñuś caiva mahātmānas tatas taṁ jñānacakṣuṣā | brāhmaṇā vedavidvāṁsas tapobhir vimalīkṛtāḥ ||

Translation

Bấy giờ các Bà-la-môn đại tâm—thông suốt Veda và được thanh tịnh nhờ khổ hạnh—đã nhận ra hắn bằng con mắt trí tuệ. Sự trong sáng nội tâm, được gọt giũa bởi tapas, khiến họ phân biệt được bản tánh chân thật của kẻ đang đứng trước mặt.

Word by Word

• jajñuḥ: knew, recognized
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• mahātmānaḥ: great-souled ones, noble persons
• mahātmānaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ

• tam: him, that one
• tam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• jñāna-cakṣuṣā: with the eye of knowledge (insight)
• jñāna-cakṣuṣā: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna-cakṣus
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• veda-vidvāṃsaḥ: knowers of the Veda
• veda-vidvāṃsaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda-vidvas
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• tapaḥbhiḥ: by austerities
• tapaḥbhiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• vimalī-kṛtāḥ: purified, made spotless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimalī-√kṛ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brāhmaṇas (Veda-knowers)
• the being recognized (rakṣasa, per context)