Shloka 26

Adhyāya 33 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Post-Conflict Remorse and Inquiry on Āśrama Discipline (शोक-विमर्शः, आश्रम-जिज्ञासा)

Devanagari script

तेषामपि श्रीनिमित्तं महानासीत्‌ समुच्छूय: । युद्ध वर्षमहस्राणि द्वात्रिंशभवत्‌ किल

Transliteration

teṣām api śrī-nimittaṁ mahān āsīt samucchūyaḥ | yuddha-varṣa-sahasrāṇi dvātriṁśad abhavat kila ||

Translation

Vyāsa disse: “Mesmo para eles, por causa da prosperidade e da fortuna, ergueu-se um grande avolumar de conflito. Com efeito, diz-se que a guerra prosseguiu por trinta e dois mil anos.”

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• श्री-निमित्तम्: for the sake of prosperity/fortune
• श्री-निमित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-निमित्त
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

• समुच्छ्रयः: rise/accumulation/augmentation
• समुच्छ्रयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुच्छ्रय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• युद्धम्: the war
• युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• वर्ष-सहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्ष-सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• द्वात्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• द्वात्रिंशत्: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत्
• Form: feminine (numeral), nominative, singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, singular

• किल: indeed/it is said
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Śrī (prosperity/fortune)
• Yuddha (war)