Shloka 12

Abhimanyu’s Śrāddha; Vyāsa’s Assurance of the Unborn Heir (अभिमन्योः श्राद्धं तथा गर्भरक्षणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

स हि कृष्ण महातेजा: श्लाघन्निव ममाग्रत:

Transliteration

sa hi kṛṣṇa mahātejāḥ ślāghann iva mamāgrataḥ

Translation

Car Kṛṣṇa, puissant et rayonnant, parla en ma présence comme s’il louait, et ses paroles portaient le poids de l’autorité et la limpidité du dharma.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महातेजाः: of great splendor/mighty
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्लाघन्: praising/commending
• श्लाघन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्लाघ्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अग्रतः: in front/presence
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Vaiśampāyana