Shloka 66
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
Devanagari script
ततस्तान्यल्पसाराणि सत्त्वानि क्षुधितानि वै । प्रलयं यान्ति भूयिष्ठं पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपते,पृथ्वीपते! इससे भूतलके थोड़ी शक्तिवाले अधिकांश प्राणी भूखसे व्याकुल होकर मर जाते हैं
Transliteration
tatas tāny alpasārāṇi sattvāni kṣudhitāni vai | pralayaṃ yānti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate ||
Translation
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ ഭൂമിപതേ! അല്പശക്തിയുള്ള ആ ജീവികൾ വിശപ്പാൽ പീഡിതരായി ഭൂമിയിൽ അധികവും നാശത്തിലേക്ക് പതിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
तानिthose
तानि:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, nominative, plural
अल्पसाराणिof little strength/essence
अल्पसाराणि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्पसार
Formneuter, nominative, plural
सत्त्वानिcreatures, beings
सत्त्वानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व
Formneuter, nominative, plural
क्षुधितानिhungry
क्षुधितानि:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षुधित
Formneuter, nominative, plural
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
प्रलयम्destruction, dissolution
प्रलयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रलय
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
यान्तिgo, reach (meet with)
यान्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थे)
Formpresent, indicative, third, plural, parasmaipada
भूयिष्ठम्mostly, in great measure
भूयिष्ठम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootभूयिष्ठ
Formneuter, accusative, singular
पृथिव्याम्on the earth
पृथिव्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी
Formfeminine, locative, singular
पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth (king)
पृथिवीपते:
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवीपति
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaP
pṛthivīpati (addressed king)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes