Shloka 36

Gandhamādana-praveśa and the Sudden Storm (गन्धमादनप्रवेशः — चण्डवातवर्षवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

यमत्वं कुर्वतस्तस्य देवदेवस्य धीमत: । न तत्र म्रियते कश्चिज्जायते वा तथाप्युत

Transliteration

yamatvaṁ kurvatastasya devadevasya dhīmataḥ | na tatra mriyate kaścid jāyate vā tathāpy uta ||

Translation

ਲੋਮਸ਼ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਦੋਂ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਦੇਵ, ਉਹ ਪਰਮ ਬੁੱਧਿਮਾਨ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਯਮ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਜ ਕਰਦਾ ਸੀ, ਤਦ ਉੱਥੇ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਮਰਦਾ ਸੀ, ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਨਮ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਸੀ—ਪਰ ਲੋਕ-ਵਿਹਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹ ਸਭ ਹੋ ਰਿਹਾ ਜਾਪਦਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• यमत्वम्: the state/office of Yama (death-godhood)
• यमत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमत्व (यम + त्व)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वतः: of (him) doing/performing
• कुर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise/intelligent one
• धीमतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• म्रियते: dies
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone/someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जायते: is born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• तथापि: even so/nevertheless
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथापि

• उत: indeed/also (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasha
• Devadeva (supreme deity)
• Yama