Shloka 36

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

ववर्ष सुमहातेजा दृष्टवा तस्य तपोबलम्‌ | आसमाप्तेश्न यज्ञस्य तस्यामितपराक्रम:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

vavarṣa sumahātejā dṛṣṭvā tasya tapobalam | āsamāpteś ca yajñasya tasyāmitaparākramaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Melihat kekuatan yang lahir daripada tapa (disiplin rohani dan pertapaan) baginda, insan yang amat bersinar itu menurunkan hujan; dan hingga korban suci itu selesai sepenuhnya, wira yang berkeperkasaan tiada terukur itu memastikan upacara tersebut berlangsung tanpa terputus.

Word by Word

• ववर्ष: rained / poured down
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (वर्षति)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहातेजाः: of very great splendor
• सुमहातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तपोबलम्: power of austerity
• तपोबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोबल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आसमाप्तेः: until completion / from (the point of) completion
• आसमाप्तेः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसमाप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Ablative/Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अमितपराक्रमः: of immeasurable valor
• अमितपराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमितपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• yajña (sacrifice)
• tapas (austerity)