Shloka 33

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

अथास्य भक्ष्यमाजहु: समुद्रजलचारिण: । अण्डजा भीष्म तस्यान्ये धर्मार्थमिति शुश्रुम,भीष्म! ऐसा सुननेमें आया है कि वे समुद्रके जलमें विचरनेवाले पक्षी धर्म समझकर उसके लिये भोजन जुटा दिया करते थे

Transliteration

athāsya bhakṣyam ājahuḥ samudra-jala-cāriṇaḥ | aṇḍajā bhīṣma tasyānye dharmārtham iti śuśruma ||

Translation

अथ समुद्रजलचारिणोऽन्येऽण्डजाः, भीष्म, “धर्मार्थम्” इति मत्वा तस्य भक्ष्यमाजह्रुः—इति श्रुतम्।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अस्य: for him/of him
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• भक्ष्यम्: food (to be eaten)
• भक्ष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आजहुः: they brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• समुद्र-जल-चारिणः: moving in sea-water (sea-going)
• समुद्र-जल-चारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्रजलचारिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अण्डजाः: egg-born ones (birds)
• अण्डजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अण्डज
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भीष्म: O Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तस्य: for him/of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• धर्म-अर्थम्: for the sake of dharma (as a duty)
• Type: Noun (indeclinable sense)
• Root: धर्मार्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• शुश्रुम: I have heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śiśupāla
• Bhīṣma
• samudra (ocean/sea)
• aṇḍajāḥ (birds/egg-born creatures)
• bhakṣya (food)