Shloka 12

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

जनमेजय उवाच कथं विनष्टा भगवन्नन्धका वृष्णिभि: सह | पश्यतो वासुदेवस्य भोजाश्वचैव महारथा:,जनमेजयने पूछा--भगवन्‌! भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके देखते-देखते वृष्णियोंसहित अन्धक तथा महारथी भोजवंशी क्षत्रिय कैसे नष्ट हो गये?

Transliteration

janamejaya uvāca kathaṁ vinaṣṭā bhagavann andhakā vṛṣṇibhiḥ saha | paśyato vāsudevasya bhojāś caiva mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Janamejaya dit : « Ô vénérable, comment les Andhaka périrent-ils avec les Vṛṣṇi ? Et comment les Bhoja, ces grands guerriers de char, trouvèrent-ils la destruction sous les yeux mêmes de Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) ? »

Word by Word

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• विनष्टाः: destroyed/perished
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नश्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भगवन्: O Blessed one / O Lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अन्धकाः: the Andhakas (clan)
• अन्धकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वृष्णिभिः: by/with the Vrishnis
• वृष्णिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पश्यतः: while (he) was seeing / of (him) seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vasudeva (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भोजाः: the Bhojas (clan)
• भोजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Andhakas
• Vṛṣṇis
• Bhojas
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)