Shloka 53
Devanagari script
उसका यह छिद्र देखकर पहलेके मन्त्री आपसमें कहने लगे, वह हम सब लोगोंकी जीविका नष्ट करनेपर तुला हुआ है; अतः हम भी उससे बदला लें, ऐसा निश्चय करके वे उसके अपराधोंका वर्णन करने लगे-- ।। इदं तस्येदृशं कर्म कि तेन न कृतं भवेत् । श्रुतश्न स्वामिना पूर्व यादृशो नैव तादूश:
Translation
Seeing that opening, the former ministers first said among themselves: “He is bent on destroying the livelihood of us all; therefore we too must take vengeance upon him.” Having so resolved, they began to recount his offences: “Such are his deeds—what is there that he has not done? Our lord once heard of him as being of one kind, but now he is no longer so.”
Word by Word
idamthis
idam:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootidam
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
tasyaof him
tasya:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
īdṛśamsuch, of this kind
īdṛśam:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootīdṛśa
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
karmadeed, act
karma:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootkarman
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
kimwhat?
kim:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootkim
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
tenaby him
tena:
Karana
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
kṛtamdone
kṛtam:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ
FormPast passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
bhavetcould be / would be
bhavet:
TypeVerb
Rootbhū
FormVidhi-linga (optative), Potential/Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
śrutaḥheard
śrutaḥ:
TypeVerb
Rootśru
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Roottad
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
svāmināby the master/lord
svāminā:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootsvāmin
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
pūrvamformerly, earlier
pūrvam:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva
yādṛśaḥas/what kind (as he was)
yādṛśaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Rootyādṛśa
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna
evaindeed, just
eva:
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva
tādṛśaḥsuch (of that kind)
tādṛśaḥ:
TypeAdjective
Roottādṛśa
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
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Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
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