Shloka 15

Sauptika-parva Adhyāya 13 — Bhīmasena’s Pursuit of Drauṇi and the Release of a Divine Astra

Devanagari script

कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासमासीनमृषिभि: सह । तं॑ चैव क्रूरकर्माणं घृताक्तं कुशचीरिणम्‌

Transliteration

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsam āsīnam ṛṣibhiḥ saha | taṃ caiva krūrakarmāṇaṃ ghṛtāktaṃ kuśacīriṇam ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: Sie sahen Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa, der mit den ṛṣis beisammensaß; und sie erblickten auch jenen Täter grausamer Werke, mit Ghee bestrichen und in ein Gewand aus Kuśa-Gras gehüllt—ein Bild düsterer Askese und unheilvoller Entschlossenheit nach dem Gemetzel.

Word by Word

• कृष्णद्वैपायनम्: Krishna-Dvaipayana
• कृष्णद्वैपायनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यासम्: Vyasa
• व्यासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसीनम्: seated
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिभिः: by/with sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• क्रूरकर्माणम्: of cruel deeds
• क्रूरकर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूरकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घृताक्तम्: smeared with ghee
• घृताक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृताक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुशचीरिणम्: wearing a garment of kusa-grass
• कुशचीरिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशचीरिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana Vyāsa
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• ghṛta (ghee)
• kuśa (sacred grass)