Shloka 13

Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage

Devanagari script

बस्यस्तेषां तु संन्यस्ता राक्षसेन्द्रस्य शासनात्‌ । भूमौ वरकुशा: स्तीर्णा: प्रेष्यर्भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ! राक्षसराजकी आज्ञासे सेवकोंने जमीनपर उनके लिये कुशके सुन्दर आसन बिछा दिये

Transliteration

āsya-sthāneṣāṁ tu saṁnyastā rākṣasendrasya śāsanāt | bhūmau vara-kuśāḥ stīrṇāḥ preṣyaiḥ bharata-sattama ||

Translation

ഭരതശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! രാക്ഷസേന്ദ്രന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം സേവകർ അവരുടെ വേണ്ടി നിലത്ത് ഉത്തമ കുശാസനങ്ങൾ വിരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• आसनानि: seats
• आसनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: for them / of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• संन्यस्तानि: placed/laid down
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-न्यस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)

• राक्षसेन्द्रस्य: of the lord of rakshasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शासनात्: from/according to the command
• शासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वरकुशाः: excellent kusha-grass (bundles)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरकुश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्तीर्णाः: spread out
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तॄ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)

• प्रेष्यैः: by the servants
• प्रेष्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेष्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bharata-sattama (Yudhiṣṭhira, implied addressee)
• Rākṣasendra (a Rākṣasa king)
• preṣyāḥ (attendants/servants)
• kuśa grass seats
• bhūmi (ground)