Shloka 36

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 2 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry for His Kin and the Vision of a Punitive Realm

Devanagari script

एवं बहुविधा वाच: कृपणा वेदनावताम्‌ । तस्मिन्‌ देशे स शुभ्राव समन्ताद्‌ वदतां नृप

Transliteration

evaṁ bahuvidhā vācaḥ kṛpaṇā vedanāvatām | tasmin deśe sa śubhrāva samantād vadatāṁ nṛpa ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: “Assim, naquela região, ó rei, ele ouviu de todos os lados muitos tipos de clamores lastimosos—palavras de seres sofredores, carregadas de dor.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• बहु-विधाः: of many kinds
• बहु-विधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वाचः: speeches, voices, words
• वाचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कृपणाः: wretched, pitiable
• कृपणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वेदनावताम्: of those who are in pain/suffering
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदनावत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देशे: place, region
• देशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुभ्राव: heard (clearly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्र
• Form: Luṅ (Aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• समन्तात्: from all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• वदताम्: of those speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• nṛpa (the king addressed—Janamejaya, by context)