Shloka 14

Bhīṣma Parva, Adhyāya 4 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Vyāsa Saṃvāda on Kāla and Jayalakṣaṇa

Signs of Victory

Devanagari script

उद्धिज्जा: स्थावरा: प्रोक्तास्तेषां पजचैव जातय: । वृक्षगुल्मलतावलल्‍ल्यस्त्वक्सारास्तृणजातय:

Transliteration

uddhijāḥ sthāvarāḥ proktās teṣāṃ pañcaiva jātayaḥ | vṛkṣa-gulma-latā-vallī-tvak-sārās tṛṇa-jātayaḥ ||

Translation

उद्भिज्जाः स्थावराः प्रोक्तास्तेषां पञ्चैव जातयः । वृक्षगुल्मलतावल्लीस्त्वक्सारास्तृणजातयः ॥

Word by Word

• उद्भिज्जाः: sprouting beings (plants, those that sprout from the earth)
• उद्भिज्जाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिज्ज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्थावराः: immobile beings
• स्थावराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रोक्ताः: are said/called
• प्रोक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: true

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• जातयः: kinds/classes
• जातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वृक्ष: tree
• वृक्ष: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुल्म: shrub/bush
• गुल्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लता: creeper (vine)
• लता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वल्ली: climbing plant/tendril-creeper
• वल्ली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्ली
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वक्साराः: those having bark as essence (e.g., bamboo etc.)
• त्वक्साराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वक्सार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तृणजातयः: grass-type kinds (belonging to the grass group)
• तृणजातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृणजाति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sthāvara (immobile beings/plants)
• uddhija (sprout-born plants)
• vṛkṣa
• gulma
• latā
• vallī
• tvaksāra (e.g., bamboo)