Shloka 14

Gratitude, Discernment, and the Escalation of Power (Śvā–Dvipī–Vyāghra–Nāga–Siṃha–Śarabha Itihāsa)

Devanagari script

श्वशत्रुर्भगवन्नेष द्वीपी मां हन्तुमिच्छति । त्वत्प्रसादाद्‌ भयं न स्यादस्मान्मम महामुने

Transliteration

śvaśatrur bhagavann eṣa dvīpī māṃ hantum icchati | tvatprasādād bhayaṃ na syād asmān mama mahāmune ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: „O Gesegneter! Dieser Tiger — mein natürlicher Feind — will mich töten. Doch, o großer Weiser, durch deine Gnade möge keine Furcht von ihm über mich kommen.“

Word by Word

• श्वशत्रुः: the dog-enemy (mongoose)
• श्वशत्रुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वीपी: a leopard/tiger (a spotted beast)
• द्वीपी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीपिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• हन्तुम्: to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• इच्छति: wishes/desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace/favor
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् + प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्यात्: may there be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अस्मात्: from me
• अस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Ablative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• महामुने: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mahāmuni (great sage, addressed as Bhagavān)
• dvīpī (tiger)