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Shloka 8

Bhīṣma–Jāmadagnya-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya

कि त्वेवाहं विह्नल: सम्प्रदृश्य दिग्भ्य: सर्वास्ता महोल्का इवाग्ने: । नानारूपास्तेजसोग्रेण दीप्ता यथा<55दित्या द्वादश लोकसंक्षये,प्रलयकालके बारह सूर्योके समान भयंकर तेजसे प्रज्वलित अनेक रूपवाली तथा अग्निकी प्रचण्ड ज्वालाओंके समान धधकती हुई उन शक्तियोंको सब ओरसे आती देख मैं अत्यन्त विह्वल हो गया

kiṁ tv evāhaṁ vihvalaḥ sampradṛśya digbhyaḥ sarvāstā maholkā ivāgneḥ | nānārūpās tejasogreṇa dīptā yathādityā dvādaśa lokasaṁkṣaye pralayakālake ||

Bhīṣma disse: “Mas quando contemplei aqueles poderes investindo de todas as direções—ardendo como grandes tições lançados de um fogo em fúria, em chamas com radiância feroz sob muitas formas, terríveis como os doze sóis que surgem na dissolução do mundo—fiquei totalmente abalado e tomado pelo assombro.”

{'kiṁ tu eva''but indeed
{'kiṁ tu eva':
however', 'aham''I', 'vihvalaḥ': 'bewildered, shaken, overwhelmed', 'sampradṛśya': 'having clearly seen
however', 'aham':
upon beholding', 'digbhyaḥ''from the directions
upon beholding', 'digbhyaḥ':
from all quarters', 'sarvāḥ''all (feminine plural)', 'tāḥ': 'those (feminine plural)', 'maholkāḥ': 'great firebrands
from all quarters', 'sarvāḥ':
blazing meteors/brands', 'iva''like
blazing meteors/brands', 'iva':
as if', 'agneḥ''of fire', 'nānārūpāḥ': 'of many forms
as if', 'agneḥ':
multiform', 'tejasā''with radiance
multiform', 'tejasā':
with fiery energy', 'ugreṇa''fierce, dreadful, intense', 'dīptāḥ': 'blazing, shining', 'yathā': 'as
with fiery energy', 'ugreṇa':
like', 'ādityāḥ''suns (Ādityas)', 'dvādaśa': 'twelve', 'lokasaṁkṣaye': 'at the destruction of the worlds
like', 'ādityāḥ':
at cosmic dissolution', 'pralayakālake''at the time of pralaya (cosmic dissolution)'}
at cosmic dissolution', 'pralayakālake':

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
A
Agni (fire)
A
Adityas (suns)
D
Directions (quarters)
P
Pralaya (cosmic dissolution)