Shloka 7

Nārada–Vāyu–Śalmali Upākhyāna: Enmity with the Strong and the Primacy of Buddhi (नारद-वायु-शल्मलि उपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

तत्रेतिहासं वक्ष्यामि धर्मस्यास्योपबृंहणम्‌ । दह्यमान: पापकृत्या जगाम जनमेजय:

Transliteration

tatretihāsaṁ vakṣyāmi dharmasyāsyopabṛṁhaṇam | dahyamānaḥ pāpakṛtyā jagāma janamejayaḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「ここに、このダルマをさらに照らし出す古き物語を語ろう。罪業の報いの灼熱に責め苛まれつつ、ジャナメージャヤ王は旅立った（救いと正しい理解を求めて）。」

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• इतिहासम्: a legend/itihasa (narrative)
• इतिहासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वक्ष्यामि: I shall tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• धर्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• उपबृंहणम्: augmentation/illustration (supporting exposition)
• उपबृंहणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपबृंहण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दह्यमानः: being burned/tormented
• दह्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle/ātmanepada participle sense)

• पापकृत्या: by sinful deed(s)
• पापकृत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापकृत्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जनमेजयः: Janamejaya
• जनमेजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनमेजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Janamejaya