Shloka 24

उशनसः (शुक्रस्य) चरितम् — The Account of Uśanā (Śukra): Yoga, Grievance, and Pacification

Devanagari script

वृत्र बवाच प्रत्यक्षमेतद्‌ भवतस्तथान्येषां मनीषिणाम्‌ । मया यज्जयलुब्धेन पुरा तप्तं महत्‌ तप:,वृत्रासुरने कहा--ब्रह्म! आपने तथा दूसरे मनीषी महानुभावोंने यह तो प्रत्यक्ष देखा है कि मैंने पहले विजयके लोभसे बड़ी भारी तपस्या की थी

Transliteration

Vṛtra uvāca pratyakṣam etad bhavatas tathānyēṣāṁ manīṣiṇām | mayā yaj-jaya-lubdhena purā taptaṁ mahat tapaḥ ||

Translation

Vṛtra said: “This is directly evident to you, and likewise to the other wise seers: in former times, driven by greed for victory, I undertook an exceedingly severe austerity.”

Word by Word

• वृत्रः: Vṛtra (the speaker)
• वृत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly evident/visible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवतः: of you (honorific)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: and/also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मनीषिणाम्: of sages/wise men
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जय-लुब्धेन: by one greedy for victory
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जयलुब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुरा: formerly/once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• तप्तम्: performed/practised (austerity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vṛtra
• manīṣiṇaḥ (wise sages)