Shloka 6

Devanagari script

नदीं प्रवर्तयित्वा च बीभत्सु: परवीरहा । वासुदेवमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्‌ पुरुषर्षभ:

Transliteration

nadīṁ pravartayitvā ca bībhatsuḥ paravīrahā | vāsudevam idaṁ vākyam abravīt puruṣarṣabhaḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—নদীকে প্রবাহিত করে দেওয়ার পর, পরশূরবিধ্বংসী বীভৎসু অর্জুন—যিনি পুরুষদের মধ্যে শ্রেষ্ঠ—বাসুদেবকে এই বাক্য বললেন।

Word by Word

• नदीम्: river
• नदीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रवर्तयित्वा: having set in motion / having caused to flow
• प्रवर्तयित्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रवर्तय् (प्र + वृत्/वर्त् caus.)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

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

• बीभत्सुः: Bhībhatsu (Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-वीर-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषर्षभः: bull among men / best of men
• पुरुषर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva)
• river (nadī)