Shloka 21

Prajñā as Pratiṣṭhā — Indra–Kāśyapa Saṃvāda (Śānti-parva 12.173)

Devanagari script

इत्यूचुस्ते महाराज राक्षसेन्द्रं निशाचरा: । शिरोभशि: प्रणता: सर्वे व्याहरन्‌ राक्षसधिपम्‌

Transliteration

ity ūcus te mahārāja rākṣasendraṃ niśācarāḥ | śirobhis praṇatāḥ sarve vyāharan rākṣasadhipam ||

Translation

ભીષ્મે કહ્યું— મહારાજ! આમ કહી તે બધા નિશાચર રાક્ષસો મસ્તક નમાવી પ્રણામ કરીને રાક્ષસોના અધિપતિ રાક્ષસરાજને સંબોધવા લાગ્યા.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya

• ऊचुः: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• राक्षसेन्द्रम्: the lord of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• निशाचराः: night-roamers (Rakshasas)
• निशाचराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• शिरोभिः: with (their) heads
• शिरोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, instrumental, plural

• प्रणताः: bowed down, prostrated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणत
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• व्याहरन्: uttered, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, plural, Parasmaipada

• राक्षसधिपम्: the ruler of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसधिपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसधिप
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mahārāja (addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Rākṣasendra (lord of the rākṣasas)
• Niśācarāḥ (rākṣasas/night-roamers)