Shloka 102

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

Devanagari script

कर्माण्यपरिमेयाणि चतुर्मूर्तिधरो हाहम्‌

Transliteration

karmāṇy aparimeyāṇi caturmūrtidharo hāham

Translation

Bhīṣma says: “My deeds are beyond measure—alas, I bear a fourfold form.”

Word by Word

• कर्माणि: actions, deeds
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• अपरिमेयाणि: immeasurable, beyond measure
• अपरिमेयाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरिमेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• चतुर्मूर्तिधरः: the bearer of four forms
• चतुर्मूर्तिधरः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: चतुर्मूर्तिधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हा: alas! ah!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma