Shloka 154

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तदल्पसुखमत्यर्थ बहुदुःखमसारवत्‌ । तृणाग्निज्वलनप्रख्यं फेनबुद्बुदसंनिभम्‌

Transliteration

tad alpasukham atyarthaṁ bahuduḥkham asāravat | tṛṇāgnijvalanaprakhyaṁ phenabudbudasaṁnibham ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—तदल्पसुखमत्यर्थं बहुदुःखमसारवत्। तृणाग्निज्वलनप्रख्यं फेनबुद्बुदसंनिभम्॥

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अल्पसुखम्: having little happiness
• अल्पसुखम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्पसुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अत्यर्थम्: excessively, very much
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थ

• बहुदुःखम्: having much suffering
• बहुदुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुदुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• असारवत्: insubstantial, lacking essence
• असारवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असारवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तृणाग्निज्वलनप्रख्यम्: like the blazing of a grass-fire
• तृणाग्निज्वलनप्रख्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृणाग्निज्वलनप्रख्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• फेनबुद्बुदसंनिभम्: resembling a foam-bubble
• फेनबुद्बुदसंनिभम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फेनबुद्बुदसंनिभ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma