Shloka 7
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
Devanagari script
बलिवासवसंवादं पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर । यथिष्ठिर! इस विषयमें पुन: बलि और इन्द्रके संवादरूप इस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया जाता है ।। वृत्ते देवासुरे युद्धे दैत्यदानवसंक्षये
Transliteration
balivāsavasaṃvādaṃ punar eva yudhiṣṭhira | yathāsthira! asmin viṣaye punaḥ bali-indrayoḥ saṃvādarūpaḥ prācīna itihāsasya udāharaṇaṃ dīyate || vṛtte devāsure yuddhe daityadānavasaṃkṣaye ||
Translation
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಓ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನೇ! ನಾನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಬಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಾಸವ (ಇಂದ್ರ)ರ ಸಂವಾದವನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ—ದೇವಾಸುರ ಯುದ್ಧವು ನಡೆದ ಬಳಿಕ ದೈತ್ಯ-ದಾನವರ ಸಂಹಾರ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ.
Word by Word
बलिBali (the king)
बलि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबलि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वासवVāsava (Indra)
वासव:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवासव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
संवादम्dialogue, conversation
संवादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंवाद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वृत्तेwhen (it) occurred; in the event having happened
वृत्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
देवof the gods / among the gods
देव:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
असुरेof the asuras / among the asuras
असुरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
युद्धेin the battle
युद्धे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
दैत्यof the daityas
दैत्य:
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दानवof the dānavas
दानव:
TypeNoun
Rootदानव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
संक्षयेin the destruction, at the annihilation
संक्षये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंक्षय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaY
YudhiṣṭhiraB
BaliV
Vāsava (Indra)D
DevasA
AsurasD
DaityasD
DānavasVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes