Shloka 30

Dharma-vyādha on Parental Worship

Pitṛ-mātṛ-śuśrūṣā as Paramadaivata

Devanagari script

उपप्लवो महानस्मानुपावर्तत केशव । उक्त प्रतिकुरुष्व त्वं कालो हि दुरतिक्रम:

Transliteration

upaplavo mahān asmān upāvartata keśava | uktaṃ pratikuruṣva tvaṃ kālo hi duratikramaḥ ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Wahai Keśava, malapetaka besar sedang berbalik menimpa kami. Laksanakan segera apa yang telah diucapkan dan diputuskan; sebab Kala (Waktu) sungguh sukar dilampaui.”

Word by Word

• उपप्लवः: calamity, upheaval
• उपप्लवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• उपावर्तत: turned back/returned (upon)
• उपावर्तत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केशव: O Keshava (Krishna)
• केशव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिकुरुष्व: do in return; act accordingly
• प्रतिकुरुष्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-कृ
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• कालः: time; fate
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दुरतिक्रमः: hard to overcome
• दुरतिक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरतिक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kāla (Time)