Shloka 783

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

सुरकार्ये हनिष्यामि यज्ञघ्नं दितिनन्दनम्‌ | तदनन्तर देवताओंके कार्यके लिये नरसिंहरूप धारण करके यज्ञनाशक दितिनन्दन हिरण्यकशिपुका संहार कर डालूँगा

Transliteration

surakārye haniṣyāmi yajñaghnaṃ ditinandanaṃ | tadanantaraṃ devatānāṃ kāryārthaṃ nara-siṃha-rūpaṃ dhārayitvā yajña-nāśakaṃ ditinandanaṃ hiraṇyakaśipuṃ saṃhariṣyāmi ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: «Por el bien de los dioses, daré muerte al destructor del sacrificio, el hijo de Diti. Después, asumiendo la forma de Narasiṃha para cumplir el propósito de los dioses, mataré a Hiraṇyakaśipu, hijo de Diti, que lleva la ruina al yajña».

Word by Word

• सुरकार्ये: in/for the gods' purpose (in the divine task)
• सुरकार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हनिष्यामि: I shall slay
• हनिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यज्ञघ्नम्: the sacrifice-slayer (destroyer of yajñas)
• यज्ञघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दितिनन्दनम्: Diti's son
• दितिनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दितिनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (then/thereafter—object of reference)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनन्तरम्: after that; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• Diti
• Diti-nandana (Daitya/Asura)
• Narasiṃha
• Hiraṇyakaśipu
• Yajña (sacrifice)