Shloka 7

Jājali–Tulādhāra-saṃvāda: Yajña, Vṛtti, and Ātma-tīrtha (जाजलि-तुलाधार-संवादः)

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच पुरा कृतयुगे तात राजा ह्यासीदकम्पन: । स शत्रुवशमापन्न: संग्रामे क्षीणवाहन:,भीष्मजीने कहा--तात! प्राचीन सत्ययुगकी बात है, अकम्पन नामके एक राजा थे। एक समय संग्राममें उनका रथ नष्ट हो गया और वे शत्रुके वशमें पड़ गये

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca purā kṛtayuge tāta rājā hy āsīd akampanaḥ | sa śatruvaśam āpannaḥ saṅgrāme kṣīṇavāhanaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “In former times, dear one, in the Kṛta Yuga there lived a king named Akampana. Once, in battle, his chariot and means of conveyance were ruined; weakened and left without support, he fell into the enemy’s power.”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid/spoke

पुराformerly, long ago

कृतयुगेin the Krita-yuga

तातO dear one/son

राजाa king

हिindeed, for

आसीत्was

अकम्पनःAkampana (name of a king)

सःhe

शत्रुवशम्into the enemy's power/control

आपन्नःhaving fallen into / having come to

संग्रामेin battle

क्षीणवाहनःwhose vehicle/chariot was destroyed/disabled

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Akampana

Kṛta Yuga

enemy (śatru)

chariot/vehicle (vāhana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes