Shloka 142

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

वज़्िणं मृगयामास तदा भरतसत्तम | धर्मज्ञ राजेन्द्र! भरतसत्तम! उसके सारे अंग रक्तसे भींगे हुए थे। उसने चीर और वल्कल पहन रखे थे। ऐसे विकराल रूपवाली वह भयानक ब्रह्महत्या वृत्रके शरीरसे निकलकर तत्काल ही वज्रधारी इन्द्रको खोजने लगी

Transliteration

vajriṇaṁ mṛgayāmāsa tadā bharatasattama | dharmajña rājendra bharatasattama |

Translation

Bhishma said: “Then that dreadful embodiment of brahmahatyā—terrible to behold, its limbs smeared with blood and clad in rags and bark—having emerged from Vṛtra’s body, at once began to hunt for Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt. O best of the Bharatas, O dharma-knowing king!”

Word by Word

• वज्रिणम्: the wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra)
• वज्रिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृगयामास: sought, hunted for
• मृगयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृगय्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मज्ञ: O knower of dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra (Vajrī)
• Vṛtra
• Brahmahatyā (personified sin)