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Shloka 1

Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā

Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल २४ श्लोक हैं) सप्तदशाधिकशततमो< ध्याय: कुत्तेका शरभकी योनिमें जाकर महर्षिके शापसे पुनः कुत्ता हो जाना भीष्म उवाच व्याप्रश्नेटजमूलस्थस्तृप्त: सुप्तो हतैर्मगै: । नागश्नागात्‌ तमुद्देशं मत्तो मेघ इवोद्धत:,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--राजन्‌! वह बाघ अपने मारे हुए मृगोंके मांस खाकर तृप्त हो महर्षिकी कुटीके पास ही सो रहा था। इतनेमें ही वहाँ ऊँचे उठे हुए मेघके समान काला एक मदोन्मत्त हाथी आ पहुँचा

bhīṣma uvāca | vyāghraḥ śveta-jambu-mūla-sthaḥ tṛptaḥ suptaḥ hataiḥ mṛgaiḥ | nāgaḥ āgāt tam uddeśaṃ mattaḥ megha iva uddhataḥ ||

Bhishma said: O King, the tiger, having eaten the flesh of the deer he had slain and being fully sated, lay asleep near the hermitage, at the root of a white jambu tree. Just then a dark, rut-maddened elephant—towering like a swollen cloud—came into that very place. The scene sets the moral frame: unchecked pride and the intoxication of power can disturb even a settled peace, and sudden encounters become tests of restraint and dharma.

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3, Singular
व्याघ्रःthe tiger
व्याघ्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्याघ्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्वेतज-मूलस्थःsituated at the root of the Śvetaja (tree)
श्वेतज-मूलस्थः:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वेतज-मूलस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तृप्तःsatiated
तृप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतृप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुप्तःasleep
सुप्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुप्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हतैःwith (animals) killed
हतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootहत
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
मृगैःby/with deer (game animals)
मृगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमृग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
नागःan elephant
नागः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आगात्came/arrived
आगात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormAorist, 3, Singular
तम्that
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उद्देशम्place/region
उद्देशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउद्देश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मत्तःintoxicated, in rut
मत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेघःa cloud
मेघः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमेघ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उद्धतःraised up, towering; impetuous
उद्धतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्धत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
the King (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied)
T
tiger
E
elephant (nāga)
H
hermitage/hut of a sage (implied by context)
W
white jambu tree