Shloka 12

Adhyāya 55 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Hesitation and Bhīṣma’s Authorization of Inquiry

Rājadharma Prelude

Devanagari script

लोकस्य कदनं कृत्वा लोकनाथो विशाम्पते । अभिशापभयादू्‌ भीतो भवन्तं नोपसर्पति,प्रजापालक भीष्म! ये लोकनाथ युधिष्ठिर जगत्‌का संहार करके शापके भयसे त्रस्त हो उठे हैं; इसीलिये आपके निकट नहीं आते हैं

Transliteration

lokasya kadanaṁ kṛtvā lokanātho viśāmpate | abhiśāpa-bhayād bhīto bhavantaṁ nopasarpati || prajā-pālaka bhīṣma! ye lokanātha yudhiṣṭhira jagat-kā saṁhāra karke śāpa-ke bhaya-se trasta ho uṭhe haiṁ; isīliye āpke nikaṭ nahīṁ āte haiṁ |

Translation

वायुरुवाच—विशाम्पते लोकस्य कदनं कृत्वा लोकनाथोऽभिशापभयाद् भीतः; तस्माद् भवन्तं नोपसर्पति। प्रजापालक भीष्म! जगति कृतसंहारात् शापभयेन व्यथितो राजा युधिष्ठिरो भवतः सन्निधिं न गच्छति।

Word by Word

• लोकस्य: of the world/people
• लोकस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कदनम्: slaughter, destruction
• कदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Non-finite

• लोकनाथः: lord of the world (king)
• लोकनाथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकनाथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभिशापभयात्: from fear of a curse
• अभिशापभयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिशापभय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भीतः: afraid
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भी
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवन्तम्: you
• भवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• उपसर्पति: approaches, comes near
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपसृप्
• Form: Lat (present), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular, Active

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu)
• भीष्म (Bhīṣma)
• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• लोकनाथ (the king/ruler, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as ruler)
• अभिशाप (curse)