Shloka 17

Ajñātavāsa-saṅkalpaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Resolve and Dhaumya’s Exempla on Concealment

Devanagari script

ततः सत्यवत: कायात्‌ पाशबद्ध॑ वशं गतम्‌ । अड्गुष्ठमात्रं पुरुषं निश्चकर्ष यमो बलात्‌,तदनन्तर यमराजने सत्यवानके शरीरसे पाशमें बँधे हुए अंगुष्ठमात्र परिमाणवाले विवश हुए जीवको बलपूर्वक खींचकर निकाला

Transliteration

tataḥ satyavataḥ kāyāt pāśabaddhaṁ vaśaṁ gatam | aṅguṣṭhamātraṁ puruṣaṁ niścakarṣa yamo balāt ||

Translation

ਤਦ ਯਮਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਸਤ੍ਯਵਾਨ ਦੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਾਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੱਝੇ, ਬੇਬਸ, ਅੰਗੂਠੇ-ਜਿਹੇ ਪਰਿਮਾਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਪੁਰਖ-ਰੂਪ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਬਾਹਰ ਕੱਢ ਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सत्यवतः: of Satyavat
• सत्यवतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कायात्: from (his) body
• कायात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• पाशबद्धम्: bound by a noose
• पाशबद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशबद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वशं: into subjection, control
• वशं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गतम्: gone, having come (into)
• गतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अङ्गुष्ठमात्रम्: thumb-sized
• अङ्गुष्ठमात्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गुष्ठमात्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषम्: person (soul-being)
• पुरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निश्चकर्ष: drew out, dragged out
• निश्चकर्ष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Satyavān
• Yama (Yamarāja)
• pāśa (Yama’s noose)
• puruṣa (thumb-sized jīva)