Shloka 23

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

नकुल उवाच हन्त वो वर्तयिष्यामि दानस्य फलमुत्तमम्‌ । न्यायलब्धस्य सूक्ष्मस्य विप्रदत्तस्य यद्‌ द्विजा:

Translation

那俱罗说：“来吧，我将告诉你们布施的最上果报：在库鲁克舍特拉居住的一位二生者，以正当所得的少许食粮施与婆罗门，其所显现的殊胜果报。”

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हन्त: indeed/come now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हन्त

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Plural

• वर्तयिष्यामि: I shall relate/tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Simple Future (Lृट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दानस्य: of (the) gift/charity
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: best/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न्याय-लब्धस्य: of that obtained by rightful means
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्याय-लब्ध
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सूक्ष्मस्य: of the small/scanty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूक्ष्म
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विप्र-दत्तस्य: of that given to a Brahmin
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र-दत्त
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• यत्: which/that (result)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

नकुल उवाच