Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यदा च मम रामेण युद्धमासीत्‌ सुदारुणम्‌ । वसुभिश्न तदा राजन्‌ कथेयं कथिता मम

Transliteration

yadā ca mama rāmeṇa yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam | vasubhiśna tadā rājan katheyaṃ kathitā mama ||

Translation

અને રાજન! જ્યારે રામ સાથે મારું અત્યંત ભયંકર યુદ્ધ થયું હતું, ત્યારે વસુઓએ મને આ જ કથા કહી હતી।

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा
• Form: temporal adverb

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• रामेण: by/with Rama
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• सुदारुणम्: very dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• वसुभिः: by the Vasus
• वसुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: negation particle

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: temporal adverb

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कथा: story/account
• कथा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• इयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• कथिता: told/narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: past passive participle (kta), feminine, nominative, singular

• मम: by me / of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Vasus
• the King (Yudhiṣṭhira)