Shloka 32

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

भक्ष्यार्थ संलिहानं तं भूमावूर्ध्वमुखं स्थितम्‌ । शाखागतमरिं चान्यमपश्यत्‌ कोटरालयम्‌

Transliteration

bhakṣyārthaṃ saṃlihānaṃ taṃ bhūmāv ūrdhvamukhaṃ sthitam | śākhāgatam ariṃ cānyam apaśyat koṭarālayam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Em busca de alimento, ele viu uma criatura deitada no chão com o rosto voltado para cima; e viu também outro inimigo, pousado num ramo, morando numa cavidade do tronco.”

Word by Word

• भक्ष्य: food, something to be eaten
• भक्ष्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थम्: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संलिहानम्: licking
• संलिहानम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-लिह्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ऊर्ध्वमुखम्: with face upward
• ऊर्ध्वमुखम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्वमुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्थितम्: standing/lying, situated
• स्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शाखागतम्: gone to/located on a branch
• शाखागतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाखागत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अरिम्: enemy
• अरिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरी
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कोटरालयम्: one whose abode is a hollow (tree-cavity-dweller)
• कोटरालयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटरालय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a creature lying on the ground (unnamed)
• another enemy/adversary (unnamed)
• tree branch (śākhā)
• tree hollow/cavity (koṭara)