Shloka 3

Devanagari script

अथ ते तमसा ग्रस्ता निहन्यन्ते सम दानवै: । देवा नृपतिशार्दूल सहैव बलिभिस्तदा,नृपश्रेष्ठ॒ फिर तो अन्धकारमें फँसे हुए देवतालोग कुछ सूझ न पड़नेके कारण एक साथ ही बलवान दानवोंके हाथसे मारे जाने लगे

Transliteration

atha te tamasā grastā nihanyante sama-dānavaiḥ | devā nṛpatiśārdūla sahaiva balibhis tadā ||

Translation

Daraufhin wurden die Götter, von der Finsternis gepackt und ohne klare Sicht—o Tiger unter den Königen—zu jener Zeit von den mächtigen Dānavas gemeinsam erschlagen.

Word by Word

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

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तमसा: by darkness
• तमसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ग्रस्ताः: seized/overcome
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रस्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निहन्यन्ते: are slain/are being killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Lat (present), Atmanepada, Third, Plural, Passive/impersonal passive sense

• समम्: together, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम

• दानवैः: by the Danavas (demons)
• दानवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपति-शार्दूल: O tiger among kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति + शार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• बलिभिः: by the strong ones
• बलिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devas
• Dānavas
• nṛpatiśārdūla (the addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)