Shloka 10
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
Devanagari script
पृथिवीमार्तरूपां ते समपश्यन् दिवौकस: । दानवैरभिसंस्तीर्णा घोररूपैर्महाबलै:,समूचे भूमण्डलमें भयानक रूपधारी महाबली दानव फैल गये थे। देवताओंने देखा, यह पृथ्वी दानवोंके पापभारसे पीड़ित एवं आर्त हो उठी है
Transliteration
pṛthivīm ārta-rūpāṃ te samapaśyan divaukasaḥ | dānavair abhisaṃstīrṇā ghorarūpair mahābalaiḥ ||
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “The gods beheld the Earth herself as if stricken with anguish. Across the whole circle of the world she lay overrun and strewn with mighty Dānavas of dreadful forms, and the Earth, burdened by their sinful weight, appeared oppressed and distressed—signaling a moral crisis that calls for the restoration of dharma.”
Word by Word
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आर्त-रूपाम्having the form/state of distress
आर्त-रूपाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआर्त-रूपा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तेthey (those)
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
समपश्यन्saw, beheld
समपश्यन्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + √पश् (दृश्)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural
दिवौकसःthe gods (heaven-dwellers)
दिवौकसः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिवौकस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
दानवैःby the Dānavas/demons
दानवैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अभिसंस्तीर्णाspread over, covered, strewn
अभिसंस्तीर्णा:
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि + सम् + √स्तॄ (स्तरणे) → संस्तीर्ण
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
घोर-रूपैःwith terrible forms
घोर-रूपैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर-रूप
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
महा-बलैःwith great strength; very mighty
महा-बलैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा-बल
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaP
Pṛthivī (Earth)D
Divaukasaḥ (the gods)D
DānavasVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes