Shloka 14

Bhīṣma’s Recollection of the Duel: Charioteer’s Fall, Brahmin Protection, and Portents after Rāma’s Collapse

Devanagari script

तत एनं परिष्वज्य सखा विप्रो महातपा: । अकृतदत्रण: शुभैर्वाक्यैराश्वासयदनेकथा,तब उनके महातपस्वी मित्र अकृतब्रणने उन्हें हृदयसे लगाकर सुन्दर वचनोंद्वारा अनेक प्रकारसे आश्वासन दिया

Transliteration

tata enaṁ pariṣvajya sakhā vipro mahātapāḥ | akṛtavraṇaḥ śubhair vākyair āśvāsayad anekathā ||

Translation

তেতিয়া তেওঁৰ মহাতপস্বী ব্ৰাহ্মণ বন্ধু অকৃতব্ৰণে তেওঁক আলিঙ্গন কৰি শুভ বাক্যৰে নানা প্ৰকাৰে আশ্বাস দিলে।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'enaṁ', 'definition': 'him (accusative singular of enam)'}, {'term': 'pariṣvajya', 'definition': 'having embraced

• clasping closely (absolutive of pari-√svaj)'}, {'term': 'sakhā', 'definition': 'friend

• companion'}, {'term': 'vipraḥ', 'definition': 'a Brahmin

• learned priest'}, {'term': 'mahātapāḥ', 'definition': 'of great austerity

• great ascetic'}, {'term': 'akṛtavraṇaḥ', 'definition': "Akṛtavraṇa (proper name

• lit. 'one whose vow is unbroken/undone')"}, {'term': 'śubhaiḥ', 'definition': 'with auspicious, благоприятными (instrumental plural of śubha)'}, {'term': 'vākyaiḥ', 'definition': 'with words

• with utterances (instrumental plural of vākya)'}, {'term': 'āśvāsayat', 'definition': 'he consoled

• he reassured (causative imperfect of ā-√śvas)'}, {'term': 'anekathā', 'definition': 'in many ways

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Akṛtavraṇa (Brahmin friend)