Shloka 28
उत्तङ्कोपाख्यानप्रारम्भः — Uttanka’s Tapas, Viṣṇu-stuti, and the Dhundhumāra Prophecy
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Devanagari script
प्राज्ञास्तात न मुहान्ति कालेनापि प्रपीडिता: । एष कालो महाबाहो अपि सर्वदिवौकसाम्,तात! विद्वान् पुरुष कालसे पीड़ित होनेपर भी कभी मोहमें नहीं पड़ते। महाबाहो! यह काल सम्पूर्ण देवताओंपर भी अपना प्रभाव डालता है
Transliteration
prajñās tāta na muhyanti kālenāpi prapīḍitāḥ | eṣa kālo mahābāho api sarvadivaukasām ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: “Dear one, the truly wise do not fall into delusion even when crushed by Time. O mighty-armed one, this Time exerts its power even over all the dwellers of heaven.”
Word by Word
प्राज्ञाःwise (men)
प्राज्ञाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तातdear one / son (term of address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मुह्यन्तिbecome deluded
मुह्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootमुह्
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
कालेनby time
कालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अपिeven
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
प्रपीडिताःafflicted / oppressed
प्रपीडिताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-पीडित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कालःtime
कालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
महाबाहोO mighty-armed one
महाबाहो:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाबाहु
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अपिeven
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सर्वof all
सर्व:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दिवौकसाम्of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
दिवौकसाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदिवौकस्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
तातdear one (address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaK
kāla (Time)S
sarva-divaukasaḥ (the gods/heaven-dwellers)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes