Shloka 16

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

एष शक्तो महाबाहुर्वक्तुं भगवतो गुणान्‌ । विभूतिं चैव कार्त्स्न्येन सत्यां माहेश्वरी नूप

Transliteration

eṣa śakto mahābāhur vaktuṁ bhagavato guṇān | vibhūtiṁ caiva kārtsnyena satyāṁ māheśvarīṁ nṛpa, nareśvara |

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Ó rei, senhor dos homens! Só este, de braços poderosos — Kṛṣṇa — é capaz de descrever por inteiro as qualidades do Senhor Bem-aventurado e o Seu verdadeiro poder soberano, à semelhança de Maheśvara. Tal é a grandeza de Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्तः: able, capable
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to speak, to describe
• वक्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Infinitive

• भगवतः: of the Lord
• भगवतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गुणान्: qualities, attributes
• गुणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विभूतिम्: manifest power, glory
• विभूतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभूति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कार्त्स्न्येन: in entirety, completely
• कार्त्स्न्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्स्न्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्याम्: true, real (in the true form)
• सत्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• माहेश्वरीम्: belonging to Maheshvara (Śiva), Śaiva
• माहेश्वरीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माहेश्वरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhagavān
• Maheśvara
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Nṛpa (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)