Shloka 18
Daṇḍa as the Foundation of Social Order (दण्डप्रतिष्ठा)
Devanagari script
एतान् देवान् नमस्यन्ति प्रतापप्रणता जना: । जो देवता दूसरोंका वध करनेवाले हैं, उन्हींकी संसार अधिक पूजा करता है। रुद्र, स्कन्द, इन्द्र, अग्नि, वरुण, यम, काल, वायु, मृत्यु, कुबेर, सूर्य, वसु, मरुद्ण, साध्य तथा विश्वेदेव--से सब देवता दूसरोंका वध करते हैं; इनके प्रतापके सामने नतमस्तक होकर सब लोग इन्हें नमस्कार करते हैं || १६-१७ $ ।। न ब्रह्माणं न धातारं न पूषाणं कथंचन
Transliteration
etān devān namasyanti pratāpa-praṇatā janāḥ | na brahmāṇaṃ na dhātāraṃ na pūṣāṇaṃ kathaṃcana ||
Translation
Arjuna said: “People bow down to these gods, humbled by their might. Yet they do not, in any way, pay reverence to Brahmā, nor to Dhātṛ (the Sustainer), nor to Pūṣan.”
Word by Word
एतान्these (ones)
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
देवान्gods
देवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
नमस्यन्तिthey bow to / worship
नमस्यन्ति:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootनमस् (धातु: नम्)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
प्रताप-प्रणताःbowed down due to (their) might
प्रताप-प्रणताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रताप + प्रणत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
ब्रह्माणम्Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnor
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
धातारम्Dhātā (the Creator/Ordainer)
धातारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधातृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnor
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पूषाणम्Pūṣan
पूषाणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपूषन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कथंचनin any way / at all
कथंचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
ArjunaB
BrahmāD
DhātṛP
PūṣanVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes