Shloka 23

Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar

Gandhamādana Continuation

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ कृतयुगं नाम त्रैगुण्यपरिवर्जितम्‌ त्रेतामपि निबोध त्वं यस्मिन्‌ सत्र प्रवर्तते

Transliteration

etat kṛtayugaṃ nāma traiguṇya-parivarjitam | tretām api nibodha tvaṃ yasmin satra pravartate ||

Translation

Bhīma said: “This is what is called the Kṛta (Satya) Yuga—free from the sway of the three guṇas. Understand also the Tretā Yuga, in which sacrificial rites (satra) come into active practice.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृतयुगम्: the Kṛta age (Satya-yuga)
• कृतयुगम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतयुग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नाम: by name / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन्

• त्रैगुण्यपरिवर्जितम्: devoid of the three guṇas
• त्रैगुण्यपरिवर्जितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैगुण्य-परिवर्जित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रेताम्: the Tretā age
• त्रेताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• निबोध: understand / know
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्रम्: a sacrificial session (sattra)
• सत्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रवर्तते: proceeds / takes place
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Kṛta Yuga
• Tretā Yuga
• traiguṇya (three guṇas)
• satra (sacrificial rite)