Shloka 12

Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

तस्य वाक्‍्यं समादाय वासव: पुरुषर्षभ

Transliteration

tasya vākyaṃ samādāya vāsavaḥ puruṣarṣabha

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「その言葉を受け入れるや、ヴァーサヴァ（インドラ）はそれに同意して応じ／そのとおりに行った。おお、人々の中の雄牛よ。」

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• वाक्यम्: speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• समादाय: having taken/accepted
• समादाय: Kriya-visheshaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पुरुषर्षभ: O bull among men (best of men)
• पुरुषर्षभ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vāsava (Indra)
• puruṣarṣabha (honorific addressee, typically Yudhiṣṭhira in Śānti Parva)