Shloka 96
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
Devanagari script
भीम: सुघोरश्च तथा नीलमेघसमप्रभ: । अस्मिन् शवं परित्यज्य प्रेतकार्याण्युपासत,यह अत्यन्त घोर, भयानक तथा नीलमेघके समान काला अन्धकारपूर्ण है। इस मुर्देको यहीं छोड़कर तुमलोग प्रेतकर्म करो
Transliteration
bhīmaḥ sughoraś ca tathā nīlameghasamaprabhaḥ | asmin śavaṃ parityajya pretakāryāṇy upāsata ||
Translation
ಗೃಧ್ರನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಇದು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಘೋರ, ಭಯಂಕರ, ನೀಲಮೇಘದಂತೆ ಕಪ್ಪು ಅಂಧಕಾರದಿಂದ ಆವರಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಶವವನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಪ್ರೇತಕಾರ್ಯಗಳು—ಅಂತ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಿ ವಿಧಿಗಳು—ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿರಿ.
Word by Word
भीमःBhima
भीमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सुघोरःvery terrible
सुघोरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुघोर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तथाalso; likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
नीलमेघसमप्रभःhaving a lustre like a dark-blue cloud
नीलमेघसमप्रभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनीलमेघसमप्रभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this (place/thing)
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
शवम्corpse
शवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशव
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
परित्यज्यhaving abandoned; leaving behind
परित्यज्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-त्यज्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
प्रेतकार्याणिfuneral rites (acts for the departed)
प्रेतकार्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेतकार्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
उपासतperform; attend to
उपासत:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आस्
FormImperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada
Speaker
गृध्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
ग
गृध्र (vulture, speaker)भ
भीम (as an epithet ‘the dreadful’)श
शव (corpse)प
प्रेतकर्म/प्रेतकार्य (funerary rites)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes