Shloka 14

Kuntī–Sūrya-saṃvāda: Autonomy, Reputation, and the Promise of Karṇa

Devanagari script

तथा समभवच्चापि यदुवाच विभीषण: । क्षणेनातीन्द्रियाण्येषां चक्षूंषप्पासन्‌ युधिष्ठिर,युधिष्ठि!! जैसा विभीषणने बताया था, उसका वैसा ही प्रभाव देखनेमें आया। इन सबकी आँखें क्षणभरमें अतीन्द्रिय वस्तुओंका साक्षात्कार करनेवाली हो गयीं

Transliteration

tathā samabhavac cāpi yad uvāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ | kṣaṇenātīndriyāṇy eṣāṃ cakṣūṃṣy āpaśyan yudhiṣṭhira ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “And it happened exactly as Vibhīṣaṇa had declared. In an instant, O Yudhiṣṭhira, their eyes became capable of beholding what lies beyond the ordinary senses.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• समभवत्: happened, came to pass
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

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

• अपि: also, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• यत्: that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Lit), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• विभीषणः: Vibhīṣaṇa
• विभीषणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• क्षणेन: in a moment, within an instant
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• अतीन्द्रियाणि: supersensory, beyond the senses
• अतीन्द्रियाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीन्द्रिय
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• चक्षूंषि: eyes
• चक्षूंषि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• अपश्यन्: saw, beheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, plural, Parasmaipada

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Yudhiṣṭhira