Shloka 173

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

यथा शुक्लस्य पक्षस्य प्रवृत्तो चन्द्रमा: शनै: । उन महामनस्वी नारदके हृदयमें काम उसी प्रकार धीरे-धीरे बढ़ने लगा, जैसे शुक्लपक्ष आरम्भ होनेपर शनै:-शनै: चन्द्रमाकी वृद्धि होती है

Transliteration

yathā śuklasya pakṣasya pravṛtto candramāḥ śanaiḥ |

Translation

Así como la luna, al comenzar la quincena luminosa, crece poco a poco, del mismo modo el deseo fue aumentando gradualmente en el corazón del magnánimo Nārada—en silencio, paso a paso, cobrando fuerza con el tiempo.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शुक्लस्य: of the bright (fortnight)
• शुक्लस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• पक्षस्य: of the fortnight
• पक्षस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• प्रवृत्तः: having begun / set in motion
• प्रवृत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृत्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• चन्द्रमाः: the moon
• चन्द्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमा
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शनैः: slowly, gradually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Nārada
• Candramā (the Moon)
• Śukla-pakṣa (bright fortnight)