Shloka 14

The Thirteen Inner Adversaries (Trayodaśa Doṣāḥ): Origins and Pacification

Devanagari script

अथ निश्चित्य मनसा शाल्मलिवातकारितम्‌

Transliteration

atha niścitya manasā śālmalivātakāritam

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「それから彼は心に固く決し、シャールマリ樹の風によって促された事に取りかかった。」

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• निश्चित्य: having ascertained/decided
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√चि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage as indeclinable gerund)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• शाल्मलिवातकारितम्: made/caused by the śālmali-wind
• शाल्मलिवातकारितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाल्मलि-वात-कारित
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• śālmali (tree)
• vāta (wind)