Shloka 12

Cavana’s Tests of Kuśika and the Queen (अध्याय ५३: च्यवन–कुशिक-परिक्षा)

Devanagari script

त॑ं देशं समुपाजग्मुर्जालहस्ता महाद्युते । निषादा बहवस्तत्र मत्स्योद्धरणनिश्चया:

Transliteration

taṁ deśaṁ samupājagmur jālahastā mahādyute | niṣādā bahavas tatra matsyoddharaṇaniścayāḥ ||

Translation

ভীষ্মে ক’লে— “হে মহাতেজস্বী! হাতে জাল লৈ বহু নিষাদ সেই ঠাইলৈ আহিল; মাছ ধৰি তুলি লৈ যাবলৈ তেওঁলোক দৃঢ় সংকল্প কৰিছিল।”

Word by Word

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देशम्: region/place
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुपाजग्मुः: they approached/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जालहस्ताः: having nets in their hands (net-handed)
• जालहस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जालहस्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाद्युते: O great-splendored one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निषादाः: Niṣādas (fisherfolk/tribals)
• निषादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• मत्स्योद्धरणनिश्चयाः: resolved to haul out/catch fish
• मत्स्योद्धरणनिश्चयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्स्योद्धरणनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Niṣādas
• jāla (net)
• matsya (fish)
• deśa (place/region)