Shloka 53

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

जरापरिगतो वृद्ध: क्षुधार्तो दुर्बलो भूशम्‌

Transliteration

jarāparigato vṛddhaḥ kṣudhārto durbalo bhūśam

Translation

Nakula disse: “Um velho, consumido pela idade—atormentado pela fome e enfraquecido—jaz no chão.”

Word by Word

• जरापरिगतः: overtaken by old age
• जरापरिगतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरापरिगत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृद्धः: aged, old
• वृद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुधार्तः: afflicted by hunger
• क्षुधार्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुधार्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्बलः: weak
• दुर्बलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूशम्: greatly, exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूशम्

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• an aged man (vṛddha)