Shloka 29

Devanagari script

राहुरग्रसदादित्यमपर्वणि विशाम्पते । उल्का चाप्यपसव्येन पुरं कृत्वा व्यशीर्यत

Transliteration

rāhur agrasad ādityam aparvaṇi viśāmpate | ulkā cāpy apasavyena puraṃ kṛtvā vyaśīryata ||

Translation

Vidura said: “O lord of the people, Rāhu seized the Sun at an inauspicious time; and a blazing meteor, moving in a leftward (ill-omened) course, circled the city—after which it was shattered. These are portents that warn of disorder and impending calamity when rulers abandon right conduct and prudent restraint.”

Word by Word

• राहुः: Rahu
• राहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्रसत्: swallowed, devoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आदित्यम्: the Sun (Aditya)
• आदित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपर्वणि: at an unseasonable time (not on the proper lunar day)
• अपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उल्का: a meteor, fireball
• उल्का: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्का
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अपसव्येन: in a leftward/inauspicious direction (counterclockwise)
• अपसव्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपसव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पुरम्: the city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made, having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• व्यशीर्यत्: was shattered, broke apart
• Type: Verb
• Root: शीॄ (शीर्ण/शीर्यते)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Rāhu
• Āditya (Sun)
• ulkā (meteor)
• pura (city)