Shloka 12

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 97: Satyavatī’s appeal and Bhīṣma’s reaffirmation of satya

Devanagari script

किमिदं नष्टरूपा: स्थ कच्चित्‌ क्षेमं दिवौकसाम्‌ | तामूचुर्वसवो देवा: शप्ता: स्मो वै महानदि

Transliteration

kim idaṁ naṣṭarūpāḥ stha kaccit kṣemaṁ divaukasām | tām ūcur vasavo devāḥ śaptāḥ smo vai mahānadi

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : «Qu’est-ce donc ? Pourquoi paraissez-vous dépouillés de votre splendeur d’autrefois ? Tout va-t-il bien pour les habitants du ciel ?» Alors les Vasus, les dieux, lui répondirent : «Ô grand fleuve, oui, nous avons été maudits.»

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• नष्ट-रूपाः: having lost (your) form/appearance
• नष्ट-रूपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट-रूप
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• स्थ: are / stand (you are)
• स्थ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present (imperative/loṭ), 2nd, plural

• कच्चित्: whether, I hope (indeed)
• कच्चित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• क्षेमम्: welfare, safety
• क्षेमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेम
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दिवौकसाम्: of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शप्ताः: cursed
• शप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शप्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• स्मः: we are
• स्मः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present (laṭ), 1st, plural

• वै: indeed
• वै: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नदि: O river
• नदि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: feminine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vasus
• Devas (gods)
• Mahānadi (the great river, i.e., Gaṅgā)
• Divaukas (heaven-dwellers)