Shloka 5

Śiśupāla-janma-lakṣaṇaṃ (Śiśupāla’s birth marks and the prophecy of his end)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तवति धर्मज्ञे धर्मराजे युधिष्ठिरे । उवाचेदं वचो भीष्मस्तत: कुरुपितामह:,धर्मके ज्ञाता धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरके ऐसा कहनेपर कुरुकुलपितामह भीष्मजी इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

ity uktavati dharmajñe dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire | uvācedaṁ vaco bhīṣmas tataḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ||

Translation

ಧರ್ಮಜ್ಞನಾದ ಧರ್ಮರಾಜ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ, ಕೂರುವಂಶದ ಪಿತಾಮಹನಾದ ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ನಂತರ ಈ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तवति: when (she/he) had spoken
• उक्तवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: feminine, locative, singular, क्तवतुँ (past active participle), उक्तवत्

• धर्मज्ञे: in/when the knower of dharma
• धर्मज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मज्ञ
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• धर्मराजे: in/when the Dharma-king
• धर्मराजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• युधिष्ठिरे: in/when Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भीष्मः: Bhīṣma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कुरुपितामहः: the grandsire of the Kurus
• कुरुपितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपितामह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru lineage (Kuru-kula)