Shloka 2

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

तस्योज्छवृत्तेयद्‌ वृत्तं सक्तुदाने फलं महत्‌ । कथितं तु मम ब्रह्मांस्तथ्यमेतदसंशयम्‌

Translation

“婆罗门啊，您已向我叙述：那位奉持乌阇婆律提（uccavṛtti）之行的婆罗门，以正当所得之萨图（sattu，谷粉）行施，获得了何等巨大的果报。此事确凿无疑，真实不虚。”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उच्छवृत्ते: in the (mode of life called) uच्छवृत्ति
• उच्छवृत्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छवृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• वृत्तम्: conduct / livelihood / practice
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सक्तुदाने: in the giving of parched flour (saktu)
• सक्तुदाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु-दान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• कथितम्: told / narrated
• कथितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• तु: indeed / but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मम: to me / of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin / O sage
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथ्यम्: true
• तथ्यम्: Pradhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथ्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-सम्-शय

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच