Shloka 39

भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat

Devanagari script

सा वत्सभूमिं कौरव्य तीर्थलोभात्‌ ततस्ततः । पतिता परिधावन्ती पुनः काशिपते: सुता

Transliteration

sā vatsabhūmiṃ kauravya tīrthalobhāt tatastataḥ | patitā paridhāvantī punaḥ kāśipateḥ sutā ||

Translation

يا كاورفيا، إذ ساقها طمعٌ جشعٌ إلى المَخاضات المقدّسة والمواضع الطاهرة، كانت تعدو هنا وهناك في أرض فَتْسَة. كانت تسقط مرارًا وتكرارًا، ومع ذلك تظلّ تندفع مسرعة—هي، ابنةُ سيدِ كاشي.

Word by Word

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

• वत्सभूमिम्: the land of Vatsa
• वत्सभूमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सभूमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कौरव्य: O descendant of Kuru
• कौरव्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तीर्थलोभात्: from desire for pilgrimage-places
• तीर्थलोभात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थलोभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ततः: from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ततः: from there (again)
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पतिता: fallen down
• पतिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परिधावन्ती: running about
• परिधावन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-धाव्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Present participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• काशिपतेः: of the lord of Kāśi
• काशिपतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशिपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुता: daughter
• सुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• राम (speaker)
• कौरव्य (addressee, Kuru-descendant)
• वत्सभूमि (Vatsa region)
• तीर्थ (pilgrimage sites)
• काशिपति (lord/king of Kāśī)
• काशिपतेः सुता (daughter of the king of Kāśī)