Shloka 127

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

सुरासुरैर्यथा राजन्‌ निर्मथ्यामृतमुद्धूतम्‌

Transliteration

surāsurair yathā rājan nirmathyāmṛtam uddhūtam

Translation

قال بهيشما: «أيها الملك، كما أن الآلهة والأسورا، حين خضّوا، استخرجوا رحيق الخلود.»

Word by Word

• सुरासुरैः: by the gods and the demons
• सुरासुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• निर्मथ्य: having churned
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + मथ्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• अमृतम्: nectar, ambrosia
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उद्धूतम्: raised up, brought forth (churned out)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + धू
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• the King (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Devas (Suras)
• Asuras
• Amṛta (nectar of immortality)