Shloka 35

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

ततः स यज्ञो नृपते वध्यमान: समन्ततः

Transliteration

tataḥ sa yajño nṛpate vadhyamānaḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : « Alors, ô roi, ce sacrifice — assailli et réduit à néant de toutes parts — … »

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• नृपते: O king
• नृपते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• वध्यमानः: being slain; being killed
• वध्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular; present passive participle (from √वध् 'to kill/slay')

• समन्ततः: on all sides; all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• nṛpati (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)
• yajña (sacrifice)