Shloka 18

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

Devanagari script

मृत्युनाभ्याहते लोके जरया परिपीडिते । अमोघासु पतन्‍न्तीषु धर्मपोतेन संतर

Transliteration

mṛtyunābhyāhate loke jarayā paripīḍite | amoghāsu patantīṣu dharmapotena saṃtara ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: In this world, struck down by Death and oppressed by old age, while the unfailing arrows of time and fate keep falling, cross over by the boat of Dharma.

Word by Word

• मृत्युना: by death
• मृत्युना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्याहते: struck/assailed
• अभ्याहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-आ-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जरया: by old age
• जरया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परिपीडिते: afflicted/oppressed
• परिपीडिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-पीड्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अमोघासु: among the unfailing (ones)
• अमोघासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमोघ
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• पतन्तीषु: falling (upon)
• पतन्तीषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• धर्मपोतेन: by the boat of dharma
• धर्मपोतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपोत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सन्तर: cross over
• सन्तर: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-तॄ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Death (Mṛtyu)
• Old age (Jarā)
• Dharma (as the ‘boat’)