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Shloka 89

तस्मात्‌ त्वां प्रष्टमिच्छामो निर्जिता येन वै वयम्‌ । अयुध्यता हि बालेन लीलया सपुरंदरा:,“अत: हमलोग आपसे उसके विषयमें पूछना चाहते हैं, उस बालकने बिना युद्धके ही खेल-खेलमें इन्द्रसहित हम देवताओंको परास्त कर दिया”

tasmāt tvāṃ praṣṭum icchāmo nirjitā yena vai vayam | ayudhyatā hi bālena līlayā sapuraṃdarāḥ ||

Darum möchten wir dich nach ihm fragen—nach dem, durch den wir wahrhaft bezwungen wurden. Denn jener Knabe hat uns, die Götter, Indra eingeschlossen, ohne überhaupt zu kämpfen, mühelos überwältigt, als wäre es nur ein Spiel.

तस्मात्therefore; from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मद् (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formablative sense (from that/therefore)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Formgender: -, case: accusative, number: singular
प्रष्टुम्to ask
प्रष्टुम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
Forminfinitive (tumun)
इच्छामःwe wish/desire
इच्छामः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
Formlakara: लट्, person: 1st, number: plural (parasmaipada)
निर्जिताःdefeated
निर्जिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्जित (नि+जि, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formgender: masculine, case: nominative, number: plural
येनby whom; by which
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formgender: masculine/neuter, case: instrumental, number: singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
Formparticle (emphasis)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formgender: -, case: nominative, number: plural
अयुध्यताby non-fighting; without battle
अयुध्यता:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअयुध्यत् (अ-युध्यत्, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formgender: feminine, case: instrumental, number: singular
हिfor; indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
Formparticle (for/because)
बालेनby a boy/child
बालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
Formgender: masculine, case: instrumental, number: singular
लीलयाplayfully; as a sport
लीलया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलीला
Formgender: feminine, case: instrumental, number: singular
सपुरंदराःtogether with Purandara (Indra)
सपुरंदराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसपुरंदर (स-पुरंदर)
Formgender: masculine, case: nominative, number: plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
D
devas (the gods)
I
Indra (Purandara)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights humility and discernment: even the gods can be overcome, and true superiority may manifest without violence—prompting respectful inquiry into the source of such extraordinary power.

The speaker states that the gods, even with Indra, were defeated by a mere boy without any battle, as if in play; therefore they wish to ask the addressed person about that boy and the cause of their defeat.