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Mahabharata
Lokapāla-sabhākhyāna (Brahmā's Assembly and the Plan for the Rājasūya)2.11.49–51
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Mahabharata · 2.11.49–51
॥
Devanāgarī

किं कर्म तेनाचरितं तपो वा नियतव्रतम् ॥
येनासौ सह शक्रेण स्पर्धते स्म महायशाः ॥
पितृलोकगतश् चापि त्वया विप्र पिता मम ॥
दृष्टः पाण्डुर् महाभागः कथं चासि समागतः ॥
किम् उक्तवांश् च भगवन्न् एतद् इच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥
त्वत्तः श्रोतुम् अहं सर्वं परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

kiṃ karma tenācaritaṃ tapo vā niyatavratam ||
yenāsau saha śakreṇa spardhate sma mahāyaśāḥ ||
pitṛlokagataś cāpi tvayā vipra pitā mama ||
dṛṣṭaḥ pāṇḍur mahābhāgaḥ kathaṃ cāsi samāgataḥ ||
kim uktavāṃś ca bhagavann etad icchāmi veditum ||
tvattaḥ śrotum ahaṃ sarvaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
किम् कर्म तेन आचरितम्kim karma tena ācaritamWhat deed has been performed by him,
तपः वा नियत-व्रतम्tapaḥ vā niyata-vratamor what austerity, [or] strict vow,
येन असौ सह शक्रेणyena asau saha śakreṇaby which he, on equal terms with Shakra,
स्पर्धते स्म महा-यशाःspardhate sma mahā-yaśāḥcontends, the greatly renowned one?
पितृ-लोक-गतः च अपिpitṛ-loka-gataḥ ca apiand having gone to the world of ancestors,
त्वया विप्र पिता ममtvayā vipra pitā mamaby you, O brahmana, my father
दृष्टः पाण्डुः महा-भागःdṛṣṭaḥ pāṇḍuḥ mahā-bhāgaḥhas been seen — the greatly blessed Pandu;
कथम् च असि समागतःkatham ca asi samāgataḥand how did you meet [him]?
किम् उक्तवान् च भगवन्kim uktavān ca bhagavanand what did he say, O lord —
एतत् इच्छामि वेदितुम्etat icchāmi veditumthis I wish to know,
त्वत्तः श्रोतुम् अहम् सर्वम्tvattaḥ śrotum aham sarvamto hear everything from you,
परम् कौतूहलम् हि मेparam kautūhalam hi mefor great is my curiosity."
किंkiṃoriginal form "kiṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेनाचरितंtenācaritaṃoriginal form "tenācaritaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तपोtapooriginal form "tapo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नियतव्रतम्niyatavratamoriginal form "niyatavratam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
येनासौyenāsauoriginal form "yenāsau", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महायशाःmahāyaśāḥoriginal form "mahāyaśāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पितृलोकगतश्pitṛlokagataśoriginal form "pitṛlokagataś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पाण्डुर्pāṇḍuroriginal form "pāṇḍur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाभागःmahābhāgaḥoriginal form "mahābhāgaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कथंkathaṃoriginal form "kathaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चासिcāsioriginal form "cāsi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उक्तवांश्uktavāṃśoriginal form "uktavāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भगवन्न्bhagavannoriginal form "bhagavann", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एतद्etadoriginal form "etad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अहंahaṃoriginal form "ahaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सर्वंsarvaṃoriginal form "sarvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परंparaṃoriginal form "paraṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कौतूहलंkautūhalaṃoriginal form "kautūhalaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

"What deed has he performed, what austerity or strict vow, that the greatly renowned one contends with Shakra himself? And has my father, the greatly blessed Pandu, who has gone to the world of ancestors, been seen by you, O brahmana? How did you meet him and what did he say, O lord — this I wish to know, to hear everything from you, for great is my curiosity."

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