Shloka 13

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 53: Arjuna’s Jayadratha-vadha Pratijñā and Droṇa’s Protective Vyūha (शकटा-पद्म व्यूहः)

Devanagari script

अभावं नेह गच्छेयुरुत्सन्नजनना: प्रजा: । आदिदेव नियुक्तो5स्मि त्वया लोकेषु लोककृत्‌

Transliteration

abhāvaṃ neha gaccheyur utsannajananāḥ prajāḥ | ādideva niyukto 'smi tvayā lokeṣu lokakṛt ||

Translation

Nārada said: “If it were not so, the peoples—bereft of progenitors—would here fall into non-existence. O Maker of the worlds, you, the Primeval God, have appointed me to act among the worlds.”

Word by Word

• अभावम्: non-existence, ruin
• अभावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• गच्छेयुः: would go, might go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• उत्सन्न-जननाः: whose begetting/lineage is destroyed
• उत्सन्न-जननाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्सन्नजनना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रजाः: creatures, subjects
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• आदि-देवः: the primeval god
• आदि-देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदिदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नियुक्तः: appointed, commissioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• लोक-कृत्: O maker of the worlds
• लोक-कृत्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोककृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ādideva
• Lokakṛt
• lokāḥ (the worlds)
• prajāḥ (the peoples/creatures)