Shloka 7

प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting

Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue

Devanagari script

उसने पूरे एक हजार वर्षोतक बड़ी कठोर तपस्या करके अन्तमें काल-धर्मके अधीन होकर प्राण त्याग दिया ।।

Transliteration

nimitu kṛtvā śaucāni vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | santāpam agamat tīvraṁ putraśokaparāyaṇaḥ ||

Translation

ភីෂ្មៈបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ «បន្ទាប់មក និមិ បានអនុវត្តពិធីសម្អាតភាពអសុច (aśauca) តាមកិច្ចដែលគម្ពីរបានកំណត់។ ប៉ុន្តែគាត់បានលង់ខ្លួនក្នុងទុក្ខសោកចំពោះបុត្រ ហើយត្រូវបានគ្របដណ្តប់ដោយការឈឺចាប់យ៉ាងខ្លាំង។»

Word by Word

• निमिः: Nimi (the king)
• निमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• शौचानि: purificatory rites/cleansings
• शौचानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विधि-दृष्टेन: prescribed by rule/seen in injunction
• विधि-दृष्टेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधिदृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्मणा: by (the) act/rite
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संतापम्: distress/torment
• संतापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संताप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अगमत्: went to/entered (became)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तीव्रः: intense
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्र-शोक-परायणः: wholly devoted/absorbed in grief for (his) son
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्रशोकपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Nimi
• Nimi's son (unnamed)