Shloka 3

Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ काले च सुरभिद्देवी दाक्षायणी शुभा | उपरिष्टात्‌ ततस्तस्य सा बभूव पयस्विनी

Transliteration

tasmin kāle ca surabhir devī dākṣāyaṇī śubhā | upariṣṭāt tatas tasya sā babhūva payasvinī ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «في ذلك الحين صارت الإلهة المباركة سورَبهي—داكشايني—فوقه، ثم غدت ممتلئةً باللبن».

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• सुरभित्: Surabhi
• सुरभित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरभि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देवी: goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दाक्षायणी: Dakshayani (daughter of Daksha)
• दाक्षायणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षायणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभा: auspicious
• शुभा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उपरिष्टात्: above; from above
• उपरिष्टात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरिष्टात्

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पयस्विनी: abounding in milk; milk-yielding
• पयस्विनी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पयस्विन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Surabhi
• Dākṣāyaṇī (epithet of Surabhi)