Shloka 17

Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma

Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins

Devanagari script

पश्यतामथ यक्षाणां कुण्डधारो महाद्युति: | निपत्य पतितो भूमौ देवानां भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

paśyatām atha yakṣāṇāṁ kuṇḍadhāro mahādyutiḥ | nipatya patito bhūmau devānāṁ bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

হে ভরতশ্রেষ্ঠ! যক্ষদের চোখের সামনেই মহাদ্যুতিমান কুণ্ডধার হঠাৎ পতিত হয়ে ভূমিতে লুটিয়ে পড়ল—এমন ঘটনা যে দেবতারাও তা লক্ষ করলেন।

Word by Word

• पश्यताम्: while (they) were seeing / in the presence of the onlookers
• पश्यताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्य् (दृश्)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्तरि, परस्मैपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन, षष्ठी

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• यक्षाणाम्: of the Yakshas
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कुण्डधारः: Kundadhara (proper name)
• कुण्डधारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डधार
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाद्युतिः: of great splendor
• महाद्युतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निपत्य: having fallen down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), कर्तरि

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (from पत्)
• Form: क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• भरतर्षभ: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yakṣas
• Kuṇḍadhāra
• Devas
• Bharata lineage (addressed listener)