Shloka 14

Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma

The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः

Devanagari script

इदमाश्चर्यमपरं देशेडस्मिन्‌ पुरुषर्षभ । क्षीणे युगे तु कौन्तेय शर्वस्य सह पार्षदै:

Transliteration

idam āścaryam aparaṁ deśe 'smin puruṣarṣabha | kṣīṇe yuge tu kaunteya śarvasya saha pārṣadaiḥ ||

Translation

“O bull among men, here in this very region there is yet another marvel. O son of Kuntī, when the age had waned, Śarva (Śiva) appeared together with his attendants.”

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• āścaryam: wonder, marvel
• āścaryam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• aparam: another, further
• aparam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• deśe: in the region/place
• deśe: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• puruṣa-ṛṣabha: O bull among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa + ṛṣabha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• kṣīṇe: when (it is) diminished/ended
• kṣīṇe: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣi (kṣīyate) → kṣīṇa
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• yuge: in the age (yuga)
• yuge: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

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

• kaunteya: O son of Kuntī
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaunteya
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• śarvasya: of Śarva (Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• saha: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha

• pārṣadaiḥ: with (his) attendants/retinue
• pārṣadaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārṣada
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śarva (Śiva)
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• Pārṣadas (Śiva’s attendants)
• this region/place (deśa)