Shloka 123

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

अन्तःशरीरे तस्याहं वर्षाणामधिकं शतम्‌ । न च पश्यामि तस्याहं देहस्यान्तं कदाचन,उस बालकके शरीरके भीतर मैं सौ वर्षमे अधिक कालतक घूमता रहा, तो भी कभी उसके शरीरका अन्त नहीं दिखायी दिया

Transliteration

antaḥśarīre tasyāhaṁ varṣāṇām adhikaṁ śatam | na ca paśyāmi tasyāhaṁ dehasyāntaṁ kadācana ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Within that child’s body I wandered for more than a hundred years; yet at no time did I behold the end or limit of his body.”

Word by Word

• अन्तःशरीरे: inside (his) body
• अन्तःशरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तः-शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that (boy)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अधिकम्: more/exceeding
• अधिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him/that (boy)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• देहस्य: of the body
• देहस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तम्: end/limit
• अन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कदाचन: ever/at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the child (bālaka)