Shloka 4
Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)
Devanagari script
यानीहागमशास्त्राणि याश्न कश्षित् प्रवृत्तय: । तानि वेदं पुरस्कृत्य प्रवृत्तानि यथाक्रमम्
Translation
“此世间一切传承经典与任何行持，皆以吠陀为先，循其次第而兴起流行。”
Word by Word
यानिwhich (things)
यानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
इहhere, in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
आगम-शास्त्राणिtreatises of tradition (āgama-śāstras)
आगम-शास्त्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
याःwhich (f.)
याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कश्चित्any, some (one/thing)
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रवृत्तयःpractices, activities, traditions
प्रवृत्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
तानिthose (things)
तानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
वेदम्the Veda
वेदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुरस्कृत्यhaving placed in front; taking as foremost
पुरस्कृत्य:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootपुरस्-कृ (धातु: कृ)
Formक्त्वा (ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund), Non-finite
प्रवृत्तानिset in motion; come into practice
प्रवृत्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-√वृत् (धातु: वृत्) / प्रवृत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
यथाaccording to, as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
क्रमम्order, sequence
क्रमम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes