Shloka 2

Devanagari script

स तेन कृतसंस्कारो धर्ममेवाधितस्थिवान्‌ । तथैव च कथामेतां राजन्‌ कथितवांस्तदा,उन्होंने उसका दीक्षा-संस्कार सम्पन्न किया और वह धर्मका ही आश्रय लेकर रहने लगा। राजन! उसने उज्छवृत्तिकी महिमासे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाली इस कथाको च्यवन मुनिसे भी कहा

Transliteration

sa tena kṛtasaṃskāro dharmam evādhitiṣṭhivān | tathaiva ca kathām etāṃ rājan kathitavāṃs tadā |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：既受了彼之灌顶净仪（saṃskāra），他便唯以法（Dharma）为依，安住不移。并且同样地，大王啊，他当时也将此一故事——与以拾取残余而活（uñchavṛtti）之功德荣耀相关的叙事——讲述给贤者遮婆那听。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कृतसंस्कारः: having had the rite performed / duly initiated
• कृतसंस्कारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतसंस्कार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteousness
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अधितस्थिवान्: having taken refuge in / having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic sense via past active participle), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada (active participial usage)

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: just/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कथाम्: story, account
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एताम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कथितवान्: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic sense via past active participle), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada (active participial usage)

• वान्: has (auxiliary forming ‘has told’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (auxiliary in periphrastic perfect)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic auxiliary), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (Yudhishthira)
• Cyavana (sage)
• uñchavṛtti (austere livelihood practice)
• dharma