Shloka 8

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

तवापराधात्‌ सुमहान्‌ सपुत्रस्य विशाम्पते । पृथिव्या: प्रक्षयो घोरो यमराष्ट्रविवर्धन:,प्रजानाथ! पुत्रसहित आपके अपराधसे ही यह भूमण्डलका घोर एवं महान्‌ संहार हो रहा है, जो यमलोककी वृद्धि करनेवाला है

Transliteration

tavāparādhāt sumahān saputrasya viśāmpate | pṛthivyāḥ prakṣayo ghoro yamarāṣṭravivardhanaḥ || prajānātha |

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Ó senhor do povo, ó rei dos homens—por causa do teu erro, uma destruição vasta e terrível está ocorrendo sobre a terra, envolvendo também teus filhos; é um massacre que faz crescer o reino de Yama. Assim, o peso ético desta guerra e a ruína que ela traz são postos à tua porta.”

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अपराधात्: from (your) offense; because of (your) fault
• अपराधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सपुत्रस्य: of (one) together with (his) son(s)
• सपुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पुत्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• विशाम्पते: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्-पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• पृथिव्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रक्षयः: destruction; ruin
• प्रक्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरः: terrible
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः: increasing Yama’s realm (the world of death)
• यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यम-राष्ट्र-विवर्धन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Yama
• Pṛthivī (Earth)
• Kaurava sons (implied by saputrasya)