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Shloka 128

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

तेनैव बालवेषेण श्रीवत्सकृतलक्षणम्‌ | आसीन तं॑ नरव्याप्र पश्याम्यमिततेजसम्‌

tenaiva bālaveṣeṇa śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇam | āsīnaṃ taṃ naravyāghra paśyāmy amitatejasam, naraśreṣṭha rājan |

Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh tigre entre los hombres, oh el mejor de los hombres, oh Rey: cuando salí, volví a ver a aquel mismo niño, con el mismo aspecto infantil, sentado como antes en la rama de aquel baniano, el nyagrodha. Señalado con el auspicioso signo de Śrīvatsa y ardiendo con un esplendor inconmensurable, parecía contener misteriosamente el mundo entero en sí mismo—mostrando que lo divino puede habitar en la forma más sencilla y que la percepción humana se humilla ante la realidad cósmica.»

तेनby that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
बाल-वेषेणwith a child's guise
बाल-वेषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबालवेष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
श्रीवत्स-कृत-लक्षणम्marked with the Śrīvatsa sign
श्रीवत्स-कृत-लक्षणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रीवत्सकृतलक्षण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आसीनम्seated
आसीनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootआस् (धातु) → आसीन (क्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तम्him/that one
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नर-व्याघ्रO tiger among men
नर-व्याघ्र:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootनरव्याघ्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पश्यामिI see
पश्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (पश्य-)
FormPresent, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
अमित-तेजसम्of immeasurable splendor
अमित-तेजसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअमिततेजस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नर-श्रेष्ठO best of men
नर-श्रेष्ठ:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootनरश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
King (rājan)
T
the boy (bālaka)
Ś
Śrīvatsa (mark/emblem)
B
banyan tree (nyagrodha/vaṭa—implied by the Hindi gloss)