Shloka 16

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Indra’s Countermeasures and the Nāga Aśvasena’s Escape (आदि पर्व, अध्याय २१८)

Devanagari script

अब्रवीत्‌ पुरुषव्याप्र: प्रहसन्निव भारत । वनेचरस्य किमिदं कामेनालोड्यते मन:,फिर वे पुरुषोतम हँसते हुए-से बोले--“भारत! यह क्या, वनवासीका मन भी इस तरह कामसे उन्मथित हो रहा है?

Transliteration

abravīt puruṣavyāghraḥ prahasann iva bhārata | vanecarasya kim idaṃ kāmenāloḍyate manaḥ ||

Translation

ତେବେ ପୁରୁଷବ୍ୟାଘ୍ର ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ ହସିବା ପରି କହିଲେ—“ହେ ଭାରତ! ଏହା କ’ଣ? ବନବାସୀର ମନ ମଧ୍ୟ କାମରେ ଏପରି ମଥିତ ଓ ଆଲୋଡିତ ହୁଏ କି?”

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men (best of men)
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing/smiling
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वनेचरस्य: of the forest-dweller
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनेचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कामेन: by/with desire (lust)
• कामेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आलोड्यते: is agitated/churned
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लुड्/लुड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), 3, Singular, Ātmanepada (Passive sense)

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (Janamejaya as addressee)
• puruṣavyāghra (unnamed heroic man)
• vanecara (forest-dweller; unnamed)