Shloka 100

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

एवं लोका वदिष्यन्ति नरनारायणावृषी । उद्युक्तौ दहत: क्षत्रं लोककार्यार्थमीश्वरौ

Transliteration

evaṁ lokā vadiṣyanti nara-nārāyaṇāvṛṣī | udyuktau dahataḥ kṣatraṁ loka-kāryārtham īśvarau ||

Translation

“Thus will people speak: the bull-like sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa—those sovereign lords—rose in readiness and burned down the warrior power, doing so for the sake of the world’s welfare.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• लोकाः: people; the worlds
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वदिष्यन्ति: will say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नरनारायणौ: Nara and Nārāyaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ऋषी: the two sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उद्युक्तौ: ready; engaged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• दहतः: burning; destroying
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• क्षत्रम्: the Kṣatriya order; warrior class
• क्षत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोककार्यार्थम्: for the purpose of the world's welfare/work
• लोककार्यार्थम्: Prayojana (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-कार्य-अर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ईश्वरौ: the two lords
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa
• Kṣatriyas (kṣatra)