Shloka 13

Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)

Devanagari script

येनाभिजित्य तरसा समस्तं राजमण्डलम्‌ । ऊढास्तिस्रस्तु ता: कन्यास्तमस्मि मनसा गत:,जिन्होंने काशीपुरीमें समस्त राजाओंके समुदायको वेगपूर्वक परास्त करके काशिराजकी तीनों कन्‍्याओंका अपहरण किया था, उन्हीं भीष्मके पास मेरा मन चला गया है

Transliteration

yenaabhijitya tarasā samastaṁ rājamāṇḍalam | ūḍhās tisras tu tāḥ kanyās tam asmi manasā gataḥ ||

Translation

Vāsudeva berkata: “Pikiranku tertuju kepadanya—Bhīṣma—yang dengan cepat menaklukkan seluruh lingkaran raja-raja yang berhimpun, lalu membawa pergi tiga putri raja Kāśī.”

Word by Word

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिजित्य: having conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि√जि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• तरसा: with speed/force
• तरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• समस्तम्: entire, whole
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राजमण्डलम्: circle/assembly of kings
• राजमण्डलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजमण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ऊढाः: carried off / abducted
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (ऊह्/वह्) → ऊढ (past passive participle)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तिस्रः: three
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ताः: those (them)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• कन्याः: maidens/daughters
• कन्याः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मनसा: with (my) mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गतः: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् → गत (past participle)
• Form: क्त (past active participle usage), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī/Kāśīpurī)
• King of Kāśī
• Three princesses of Kāśī (Amba, Ambikā, Ambālikā)
• Assembly of kings (rājamāṇḍala)