Shloka 10

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 28: Dharmādharmalakṣaṇa in Āpad

Crisis-Discernment of Right and Wrong

Devanagari script

मासार्धमासानथ नक्षत्रयोगा- नतन्द्रितश्रन्द्रमा श्चा भ्युपैति । अतन्द्रितो दहते जातवेदा: समिध्यमान: कर्म कुर्वन्‌ प्रजाभ्य:

Transliteration

māsārdhamāsān atha nakṣatrayogān atandritaś candramā cābhyupaiti | atandrito dahate jātavedāḥ samidhyamānaḥ karma kurvan prajābhyaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva disse: “Sem indolência, a Lua alcança as conjunções que marcam os meses, as quinzenas e os cursos das constelações. Do mesmo modo, Jātavedas (o Fogo), livre de preguiça, flameja quando é aceso e, cumprindo sua tarefa designada em favor das criaturas, realiza o ato de queimar. Assim, a ordem cósmica é sustentada pelo desempenho incansável do dever.”

Word by Word

• मास: month
• मास: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्धमासान्: half-months (fortnights)
• अर्धमासान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्धमास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अथ: and then; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• नक्षत्रयोगान्: conjunctions with lunar mansions (nakshatra-yogas)
• नक्षत्रयोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्रयोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अतन्द्रितः: unwearied; not lazy
• अतन्द्रितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चन्द्रमाः: the Moon
• चन्द्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अभ्युपैति: approaches; attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अतन्द्रितः: unwearied; not lazy
• अतन्द्रितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दहते: burns; consumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• जातवेदाः: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समिध्यमानः: being kindled; blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इन्ध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present middle participle)

• कर्म: work; action
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वन्: doing; performing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• प्रजाभ्यः: for the creatures/subjects
• प्रजाभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)
• चन्द्रमा (Candramā, the Moon)
• जातवेदा (Jātavedas/Agni, Fire)