Shloka 16

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

तत्र शक्रपुरोगाश्चन लोकपाला: समागता:

Transliteration

tatra śakra-puro-gāś ca lokapālāḥ samāgatāḥ

Translation

Dort versammelten sich die Hüter der Welten, an der Spitze Śakra (Indra).

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• शक्रपुरोगाः: having Śakra (Indra) in front / led by Śakra
• शक्रपुरोगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्रपुरोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• लोकपालाः: guardians of the worlds (lokapālas)
• लोकपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समागताः: assembled / came together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Lokapālas (world-guardians)