Shloka 5

कालविभाग-निरूपणं तथा युद्धव्यवस्था

Time-Reckoning and Mobilization Counsel

Devanagari script

अनिवत्ते तु निर्वासे यदि बीभत्सुरागत: । पुनर्द्घादेश वर्षाणि बने वत्स्यन्ति पाण्डवा:

Transliteration

anivṛtte tu nirvāse yadi bībhatsur āgataḥ | punar dvy-ādaśa varṣāṇi vane vatsyanti pāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Si, avant que l’exil ne soit dûment accompli, Bībhatsu (Arjuna) reparaissait, alors les Pāṇḍava seraient contraints de demeurer de nouveau dans la forêt pendant douze autres années.»

Word by Word

• अनिवृत्ते: when (it is) not returned/when (there is) no return
• अनिवृत्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिवृत्त (निवृत्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निर्वासे: in exile/banishment
• निर्वासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• बीभत्सुः: Bhībhatsu (Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रागतः: has come/returned
• रागतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगत (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वत्स्यन्ति: will dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bībhatsu (Arjuna)
• Pāṇḍavas
• forest (vana)