Shloka 18
Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana
Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru
Devanagari script
दश वर्षसहस्राणि तत्रायुर्भरतर्षभ । कालाम्ररसपीतास्ते नित्यं संस्थितयौवना:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वहाँके लोगोंकी आयु दस हजार वर्षकी होती है। वे कालागम्रवृक्षका रस पीकर सदा जवान बने रहते हैं
Transliteration
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tatrāyur bharatarṣabha | kālāmrarasapītās te nityaṁ saṁsthitayauvanāḥ ||
Translation
Sanjaya said: O bull among the Bharatas, the lifespan of the people there is ten thousand years. Having drunk the juice of the Kālāmrā tree, they remain perpetually established in youth.
Word by Word
दशten
दश:
TypeAdjective
Rootदश
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural
वर्षyears
वर्ष:
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
आयुःlifespan
आयुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-ऋषभ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
कालाम्रof the kālāmra (black-mango) tree
कालाम्र:
TypeNoun
Rootकालाम्र
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, singular
रसjuice, sap
रस:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरस
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
पीताःhaving drunk
पीताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootपा
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
संस्थितremaining, abiding
संस्थित:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-स्था
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
यौवनाःyouthful (in youth)
यौवनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootयौवन
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरतश्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरत-श्रेष्ठ
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative bharatarṣabha)K
Kālāmrā treeT
the people 'there' (tatra)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes