Shloka 8

Adhyāya 69: Strategic duels under Bhīṣma’s command

Virāṭa–Bhīṣma; Arjuna–Aśvatthāmā; Bhīma–Duryodhana; Abhimanyu–Lakṣmaṇa

Devanagari script

मानुषं लोकमातिष्ठ वासुदेव इति श्रुत: । असुराणां वधार्थाय सम्भवस्व महीतले

Transliteration

mānuṣaṁ lokam ātiṣṭha vāsudeva iti śrutaḥ | asurāṇāṁ vadhārthāya sambhavasva mahītale ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: «Toma tu puesto en el mundo de los hombres—conocido como Vāsudeva—y nace sobre la tierra para destruir a los Asuras.»

Word by Word

• मानुषम्: human (world)
• मानुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतिष्ठ: enter/assume (take up)
• आतिष्ठ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• श्रुतः: heard/known (as)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असुराणाम्: of the Asuras
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वधार्थाय: for the purpose of killing
• वधार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सम्भवस्व: be born/manifest
• सम्भवस्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महीतले: on the earth's surface
• महीतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-तल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Asuras
• Earth (Mahī)