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Shloka 11

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

वे जलचर जीवोंके बड़े प्रिय हो गये थे। जल-जन्तु प्रसन्नचित्त होकर उनका ओठ सूँघा करते थे ।। तत्र तस्यासत: काल: समतीतो5भवन्महान्‌ । ततः कदाचित्‌ समये कसम्मिंश्वचिन्मत्स्यजीविन:

tatra tasyāsataḥ kālaḥ samatīto ’bhavan mahān | tataḥ kadācit samaye kasmiṁś cid matsyajīvinaḥ ||

Bhishma sprach: „Er wurde den Wasserwesen sehr lieb; die Wassertiere, frohen Herzens, pflegten an seinen Lippen zu riechen. Während er dort verweilte, verging eine lange Zeit. Dann, zu einer gewissen Stunde, kamen einige Fischer zufällig an jenen Ort.“

तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
आसतःwhile (he) was staying/sitting
आसतः:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootआस् (धातु)
Formpresent active participle, masculine/neuter, genitive, singular
कालःtime
कालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
समतीतःpassed/elapsed
समतीतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + अति + इ (धातु) / समतीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formpast passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular
अभवत्became/was
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formimperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
महान्great/long
महान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
कदाचित्once/sometime
कदाचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित्
समयेat a time/occasion
समये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
Formmasculine, locative, singular
कस्मिंश्चित्in some (place/thing)
कस्मिंश्चित्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootकस्मिन् + चित्
Formmasculine/neuter, locative, singular
मत्स्यजीविनःfish-livers; fishermen
मत्स्यजीविनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमत्स्यजीविन्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
M
matsyajīvinaḥ (fishermen)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the inevitability of time’s passage (kāla) and how circumstances change: even in a peaceful setting, new agents (here, fishermen) arrive, prompting fresh ethical and practical considerations.

After the subject has stayed there for a long period, the story advances as some fishermen arrive at a particular time, setting up the next development in the episode.