Shloka 13

Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma

Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins

Devanagari script

ततः स ब्राह्मण: स्वप्ने कुण्डधारस्य तेजसा । अपश्यत्‌ सर्वभूतानि कुशेषु शयितस्तदा,तदनन्तर वह ब्राह्मण कुण्डधारके तेजसे प्रेरित हो कुशोंकी शय्यापर सो गया और स्वप्रमें उसने समस्त प्राणियोंको देखा

Transliteration

tataḥ sa brāhmaṇaḥ svapne kuṇḍadhārasya tejasā | apaśyat sarvabhūtāni kuśeṣu śayitas tadā ||

Translation

Затем тот брахман, озарённый духовным сиянием Кунддхары, лёг на ложе из травы куша. В состоянии сна он узрел всех живых существ.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• स्वप्ने: in a dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न
• Form: Masculine, locative, singular

• कुण्डधारस्य: of Kundadhāra
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: कुण्डधार
• Form: Masculine, genitive, singular

• तेजसा: by (his) radiance/power
• तेजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, instrumental, singular

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, accusative, plural

• कुशेषु: on/among the kuśa-grass
• कुशेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश
• Form: Masculine, locative, plural

• शयितः: lying down
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), masculine, nominative, singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: Avyaya (temporal adverb)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brāhmaṇa
• Kuṇḍadhāra
• kuśa (sacred grass)
• svapna (dream)