Shloka 11

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

स कदाचित्‌ समुद्रान्ते कस्मिंश्षचिद्‌ गिरिगद्नरे । बलिं वैरोचनिं वज्ी ददर्शोपससर्प च

Transliteration

sa kadācit samudrānte kasmiṃś cid girigahvare | baliṃ vairocaniṃ vajrī dadarśopasasarpa ca ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «وذات مرة بلغ إندرا، حاملُ الفَجْرَة (الڤَجْرَا)، شاطئ البحر. وهناك، في كهفٍ من كهوف الجبل، رأى بالي ابنَ فيروتشانا؛ فلما رآه دنا منه وإلى يده الفَجْرَة.»

Word by Word

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

• कदाचित्: once, at some time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• समुद्र-अन्ते: at the sea-shore (at the end of the sea)
• समुद्र-अन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some (place)
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गिरि-गह्वरे: in a mountain-cave/cleft
• गिरि-गह्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिगह्वर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बलिम्: Bali
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वैरोचनिम्: son of Virocana
• वैरोचनिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैरोचनि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वज्री: the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
• वज्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उपससर्प: approached, went near
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृप् (उप + सृप्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra (Vajrī)
• Bali (Vairocani)
• Virocana
• samudra (sea)
• giri-gahvara (mountain cave)
• vajra