Shloka 23

भीष्मस्य भीमसेन-निरोधः

Bhīṣma checks Bhīmasena; matched engagements intensify

Devanagari script

तस्य पापस्य सततं क्रियमाणस्य कर्मण: । साम्प्रतं सुमहद्‌ घोरं फल प्राप्तं जनेश्वर,जनेश्वर! निरन्तर किये जानेवाले उसी पाप-कर्मका इस समय यह अत्यन्त भयंकर फल प्राप्त हुआ है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

tasya pāpasya satataṃ kriyamāṇasya karmaṇaḥ |

sāmprataṃ sumahad ghoraṃ phalaṃ prāptaṃ janeśvara ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of men, for that sinful deed—persistently committed again and again—there has now been obtained a very great and dreadful consequence. The terrible fruit of sustained wrongdoing has at last ripened in the present moment.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• पापस्य: of the sin
• पापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• सततम्: constantly, continually
• सततम्: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• क्रियमाणस्य: being done, being performed
• क्रियमाणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: present passive participle (शानच्), neuter, genitive, singular, passive

• कर्मणः: of the act/deed
• कर्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• साम्प्रतम्: now, at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• फलम्: result, fruit
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• प्राप्तम्: obtained, has been received
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular, passive

• जनेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• जनेश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• जनेश्वर: O lord of men (repeated address)
• जनेश्वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + ईश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• janeśvara (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)