Shloka 17

नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः

Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city

Devanagari script

चत्वार एकतो वेदा: साड्रोपाड़्ा: सविस्तरा: । स्वधीता मनुजव्याप्र सत्यमेक॑ किलैकत:,नरसिंह! एक ओर अंग और उपांगोंसहित विस्तारपूर्वक चारों वेदोंका स्वाध्याय हो और दूसरी ओर केवल सत्यभाषण हो तो वह निश्चय ही उससे बढ़कर है

Transliteration

catvāra ekato vedāḥ sāṅgopāṅgāḥ savistarāḥ | svādhītā manujavyāghra satyam ekaṃ kilai kataḥ narasiṃha ||

Translation

布利哈达湿瓦说道：“噢，人中之虎，人中之狮——若一边是四部吠陀，连同诸支分与附属学科皆已详尽自习；而另一边仅有真实——那么，唯有真实，确然更为崇高。”

Word by Word

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एकतः: on one side
• एकतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः

• वेदाः: Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साङ्गोपाङ्गाः: with limbs and sub-limbs (ancillary disciplines)
• साङ्गोपाङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साङ्गोपाङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सविस्तराः: in full detail
• सविस्तराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सविस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वाधीताः: well-studied / recited (by oneself)
• स्वाधीताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वाधी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त, Passive (past participle sense)

• मनुजव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुजव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth / truthfulness
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एकम्: alone / only
• एकम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किल: indeed / it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

• एकतः: on the other side
• एकतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः

• नरसिंह: O lion among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Vedas (the four Vedas)
• manujavyāghra (epithet of the addressee)
• narasiṃha (epithet of the addressee)