Shloka 24

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ प्रतिभये काले क्षते धर्मे युधिष्ठिर । बभूवु: क्षुधिता मर्त्या: खादमाना: परस्परम्‌,युधिष्ठिर! ऐसे भयंकर समयमें धर्मका नाश हो जानेके कारण भूखसे पीड़ित हुए मनुष्य एक-दूसरेको खाने लगे

Transliteration

tasmin pratibhaye kāle kṣate dharme yudhiṣṭhira | babhūvuḥ kṣudhitā martyāḥ khādamānāḥ parasparam ||

Translation

Bhishma berkata: “Wahai Yudhiṣṭhira, apabila saat yang mengerikan itu tiba dan dharma telah hancur, manusia yang diseksa kelaparan pun sampai ke tahap memakan sesama sendiri.”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिभये: terrifying
• प्रतिभये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिभय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्षते: when (it was) destroyed/ruined
• क्षते: Adhikarana
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: क्षत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• धर्मे: in dharma; in righteousness
• धर्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बभूवुः: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• क्षुधिताः: hungry
• क्षुधिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मर्त्याः: mortals; men
• मर्त्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• खादमानाः: eating
• खादमानाः: Karta
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: खाद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परस्परम्: one another
• परस्परम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• dharma
• mortals (martyāḥ)