Shloka 180

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

पाणौ कुण्डं तथा कुण्डे पय: पयसि मक्षिका । अश्रिताश्रययोगेन पृथक्त्वेनाश्रिता: पुन:

Transliteration

pāṇau kuṇḍaṃ tathā kuṇḍe payaḥ payasi makṣikā | āśritāśraya-yogena pṛthaktvenāśritāḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: Di tangan ada sebuah wadah kecil; di dalam wadah ada susu; dan di dalam susu seekor lalat telah jatuh. Ketiganya berbeda satu sama lain, namun karena hubungan penopang dan yang ditopang, mereka berada bersama dalam satu keadaan, saling bergantung.

Word by Word

• पाणौ: in the hand
• पाणौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कुण्डम्: a bowl/pot
• कुण्डम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कुण्डे: in the bowl
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पयसि: in the milk
• पयसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मक्षिका: a fly
• मक्षिका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मक्षिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्रित: dependent; having taken refuge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आश्रय: by the support/substratum
• आश्रय: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• योगेन: by connection/association
• योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पृथक्त्वेन: by separateness; though separate
• पृथक्त्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथक्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आश्रिताः: dependent; resorting to (one another)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• hand (pāṇi)
• vessel/bowl (kuṇḍa)
• milk (payaḥ)
• fly (makṣikā)