Shloka 7

Tapas, Tīrtha, and Moral Rehabilitation (Śānti-parva 148)

Devanagari script

क्षुत्पिपासातपसह: कृशो धमनिसंततः

Transliteration

kṣutpipāsātapasahaḥ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「飢えと渇き、そして焼けつく暑さに苛まれ、彼はやせ衰え、血管がくっきりと浮き出ていた。」

Word by Word

• क्षुत्-पिपासा-आतप-सहः: one who endures hunger, thirst, and heat
• क्षुत्-पिपासा-आतप-सहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुत्पिपासातपसह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृशः: emaciated, lean
• कृशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धमनि-संततः: with veins/arteries spread out (prominent)
• धमनि-संततः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धमनिसंतत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma