Shloka 165

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

त्वं हि सौम्य कृतार्थोड्द्य निर्वत्तार्थास्तथा वयम्‌

Transliteration

tvaṃ hi saumya kṛtārtho ’dya nirvṛttārthās tathā vayam

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O gentle one, today you have truly attained your purpose; and in the same way, we too have had our aims fulfilled. Thus, the matter stands completed, with no further obligation left undone.”

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Prathama, Eka

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• सौम्य: O gentle one
• Type: Noun (vocative address)/Adjective
• Root: सौम्य
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Eka

• कृतार्थः: fulfilled; having achieved the purpose
• कृतार्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतार्थ
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• उद्य: having risen/at dawn; up (as an adverbial particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्य

• निर्वत्तार्थाः: those whose purpose is accomplished; having completed the matter
• निर्वत्तार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्वत्तार्थ
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Bahu

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Prathama, Bahu

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma