Shloka 51

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

तस्यापचक्रे मेधावी तं शशाप स वीर्यवान्‌ । भव भस्मेति चोक्त: स न भस्म समपद्यत,और उनका तिरस्कार करने लगा। तब तपोबल-सम्पन्न ऋषि धनुषाक्षने उसे शाप देते हुए कहा--'अरे, तू जलकर भस्म हो जा।” परंतु उनके कहनेपर भी वह भस्म नहीं हुआ

Transliteration

tasyāpacakre medhāvī taṁ śaśāpa sa vīryavān | bhava bhasmeti coktaḥ sa na bhasma samapadyata |

Translation

Seeing him act with contempt, the wise and powerful sage pronounced a curse: “Become ashes!” Yet, even after these words were spoken, the man did not turn to ashes.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• अपचक्रे: turned away/acted contemptuously
• अपचक्रे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + चक्र (चक्र्/चक्रे; √चक्र्/√चक्र् = to act/behave, here 'to turn away/act hostile')
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular

• मेधावी: the intelligent one
• मेधावी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेधाविन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• शशाप: cursed
• शशाप: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शप् (to curse)
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भव: be (become)
• भव: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (to be) / imperative form
• Form: imperative (loṭ), 2nd, singular

• भस्म: ashes
• भस्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उक्तः: having been told/uttered (to him)
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (to speak) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, passive (PPP)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भस्म: ashes
• भस्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• समपद्यत: became/turned into; attained
• समपद्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √पद् (to go/attain) (ātmanepada)
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvaja (भरद्वाज)
• a cursed person (unnamed in this verse)
• ashes (भस्म)