Shloka 8

Amba’s Disclosure of Prior Choice (Śālva) and Appeal to Bhīṣma — Chapter 171

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवो नानाजनपदेश्वरा: । समेता: पाण्डवस्यार्थे वासुदेवपुरोगमा:

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavo nānājanapadeśvarāḥ | sametāḥ pāṇḍavasyārthe vāsudevapurogamāḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Эти и многие другие владыки разных земель собрались ради дела Пандавов, и впереди их стоит Васудева».

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाना-जनपद-ईश्वराः: lords/rulers of various kingdoms
• नाना-जनपद-ईश्वराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समेताः: assembled, gathered
• समेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (समेत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवस्य: of the Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थे: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वासुदेव-पुरोगमाः: having Vasudeva (Krishna) in front/at the head
• वासुदेव-पुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍava (Pāṇḍavas / Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• janapadas (various realms)