Shloka 13

Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते वीरे नकुले चारुदर्शने । पुनरेव तदा भीमो राजानमिदमब्रवीत्‌,मनोहर दिखायी देनेवाले वीर नकुलके धराशायी होनेपर भीमसेनने पुनः राजा युधिष्ठिरसे यह प्रश्न किया--

Transliteration

tasmin nipatite vīre nakule cārudarśane | punar eva tadā bhīmo rājānam idam abravīt |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Als der heldenhafte Nakula, lieblich anzusehen, zu Boden gefallen war, wandte sich Bhīmasena erneut mit dieser Frage an König Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निपतिते: having fallen / fallen down
• निपतिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वीरे: in the hero
• वीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नकुले: in Nakula
• नकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चारु-दर्शने: of pleasing appearance
• चारु-दर्शने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारुदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Nakula
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Yudhiṣṭhira