Shloka 3

Book 10, Adhyāya 12: Aśvatthāmā’s Request for the Cakra and the Brahmaśiras Context

Devanagari script

भीम: प्रियस्ते सर्वेभ्यो भ्रातृभ्यो भरतर्षभ । त॑ कृच्छुगतमद्य त्वं कस्मान्नाभ्युपपद्यसे

Transliteration

bhīmaḥ priyaste sarvebhyo bhrātṛbhyo bharatarṣabha | taṁ kṛcchugataṁ adya tvaṁ kasmān nābhyupapadyase ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai banteng di antara Bharata, Bhīma lebih kaukasihi daripada semua saudaramu. Kini ia terjerumus dalam kesusahan; mengapa engkau tidak segera menolongnya?”

Word by Word

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• सर्वेभ्यः: from all
• सर्वेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• भ्रातृभ्यः: from (your) brothers
• भ्रातृभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that (state/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृच्छुगतम्: fallen into distress, in hardship
• कृच्छुगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृच्छुगत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• कस्मात्: from what cause? why?
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभ्युपपद्यसे: you accept/submit to, you assent/comply
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-उप-√पद्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• Bharatas