Shloka 16

मधुकैटभवधोपाख्यानम्

The Account of the Slaying of Madhu and Kaiṭabha

Devanagari script

सुखोपविष्टो वरदस्ततस्तु बलसूदन: । ततः प्रश्न॑ बक॑ देव उवाच त्रिदशेश्वर:,सबको वर देनेवाले बलनिषूदन देवेश्वर इन्द्र जब सुखपूर्वक आसनपर बैठ गये, तब वे मुनिवर बकसे इस प्रकार बोले--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

sukhopaviṣṭo varadas tatas tu balasūdanaḥ |

tataḥ praśnaṃ bakaṃ deva uvāca tridaśeśvaraḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Когда дарующий блага, губитель Балы (Индра), удобно уселся, тогда мудрец Бака обратился с вопросом к тому владыке богов, сказав так.

Word by Word

• सुखोपविष्टः: seated comfortably
• सुखोपविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख-उपविष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वरदः: giver of boons
• वरदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तु: but; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बलसूदनः: slayer of Bala (Indra)
• बलसूदनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्रश्नम्: a question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बकः: Baka (the sage)
• बकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said; spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• त्रिदशेश्वरः: lord of the thirty (gods), i.e., Indra
• त्रिदशेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Indra
• Bala
• Baka