Shloka 125

Devanagari script

यस्य नागसहस्रेण दशसंख्येन वै बलम्‌ | तुल्यं त॑ भीममुत्सूज्य नकुलं जीवमिच्छसि,जिसमें दस हजार हाथियोंके समान बल है, उस भीमको छोड़कर तुम नकुलको ही क्यों जिलाना चाहते हो?

Transliteration

yasya nāgasahasreṇa daśasaṅkhyena vai balam | tulyaṃ taṃ bhīmam utsṛjya nakulaṃ jīvam icchasi ||

Translation

The Yakṣa said: “He whose strength is equal to that of ten thousand elephants—leaving aside such Bhīma, why do you wish to restore Nakula to life instead?”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नागसहस्रेण: by/with a thousand elephants
• नागसहस्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दशसंख्येन: by the number ten (i.e., ten-thousand as a count)
• दशसंख्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशसंख्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तुल्यम्: equal (to)
• तुल्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• नकुलम्: Nakula
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जीवम्: alive (living)
• जीवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छसि: you desire/wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (इच्छ्)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa
• Bhīma
• Nakula