Shloka 15

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 13: Śacī’s Delay, Deva-Counsel, and Indra’s Purification

Devanagari script

पुनरेष्यति देवानामिन्द्रत्वमकुतो भय: । स्वकर्मभिश्न नहुषो नाशं यास्यति दुर्मति:

Transliteration

punareṣyati devānām indratvam akuto-bhayaḥ | sva-karmabhiś ca nahuṣo nāśaṃ yāsyati durmatiḥ ||

Translation

神々の上にあるインドラの主権は再び戻り、いかなる恐れもなくなる。だがナフーシャは、自らの行いの報いによって滅びへ赴く—その心はアダルマへと傾いたのだ。

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एष्यति: will go / will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• इन्द्रत्वम्: the status of Indra, sovereignty
• इन्द्रत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रत्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अकुतोभयः: fearless (having no fear from anywhere)
• अकुतोभयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुतोभय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• स्वकर्मभिः: by (his) own deeds
• स्वकर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वकर्मन्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

• नहुषः: Nahusha
• नहुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नहुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नाशम्: destruction, ruin
• नाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• यास्यति: will go to / will meet with
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• दुर्मतिः: evil-minded one, of bad counsel
• दुर्मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

नहुष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Nahusha