Shloka 2

प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara

Devanagari script

तां दृष्टवा प्रभया दीप्तां भगवान्‌ पाकशासन: । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो बलिं पप्रच्छ वासव:,पाकशासन भगवान्‌ इन्द्र प्रभासे प्रकाशित होनेवाली उस लक्ष्मीको देखकर आश्चर्यचकित हो उठे। उनके नेत्र विस्मयसे खिल उठे। उन्होंने बलिसे पूछा

Transliteration

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā prabhayā dīptāṃ bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ | vismayotphullanayano baliṃ papraccha vāsavaḥ ||

Translation

तां दृष्ट्वा प्रभया दीप्तां भगवान् पाकशासनः । विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनो बलिं पप्रच्छ वासवः ॥

Word by Word

• ताम्: her/that (woman/fortune)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• प्रभया: by/with radiance
• प्रभया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दीप्ताम्: shining, blazing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाकशासनः: Indra (Punisher of Pāka)
• पाकशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाकशासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विस्मय-उत्फुल्ल-नयनः: whose eyes were opened wide in wonder
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलिम्: Bali
• बलिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra
• Pāka (as in Pākaśāsana)
• Vāsava
• Bali
• Śrī/Lakṣmī