Shloka 29

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

अल्पावशिष्टे तु तदा चुगान्ते भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

alpāvaśiṣṭe tu tadā yugānte bharatarṣabha

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “But when only a little time remained, at the close of the age, O bull among the Bharatas,”

Word by Word

• अल्प: little, small
• अल्प: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अवशिष्टे: remaining, left over
• अवशिष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवशिष्ट (अव + शिष्)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• युगे: in the age/epoch
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (honorific addressee)