Shloka 30
Devanagari script
यावदेव स राजा वै नोपयाति पुरं मम । तावदेव महायक्ष प्रसादं कुरु गुह्क
Transliteration
yāvad eva sa rājā vai nopayāti puraṁ mama | tāvad eva mahāyakṣa prasādaṁ kuru guhka ||
Translation
அந்த அரசன் என் நகரத்திற்கு வராதவரை, ஓ மஹாயக்ஷா, ஓ குஹ்யகா, எனக்கு அருள் புரிவாயாக।
Word by Word
यावत्as long as / until
यावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत्
Formcorrelative adverb (yāvat–tāvat construction)
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
Formparticle
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वैindeed / surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
Formparticle
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
Formnegation
उपयातिcomes near / approaches
उपयाति:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-या
Formpresent tense (laṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular
पुरम्city
पुरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुर
Formneuter, accusative, singular
ममof me / my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formgenitive, singular
तावत्so long / until then
तावत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत्
Formcorrelative adverb (yāvat–tāvat construction)
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
Formparticle
महायक्षO great Yakṣa
महायक्ष:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमहायक्ष
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
प्रसादम्favor / grace
प्रसादम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
कुरुdo / grant
कुरु:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formimperative (loṭ), parasmaipada, 2nd person, singular
गुह्यकO Guhyaka (attendant of Kubera)
गुह्यक:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्यक
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaA
a king (unnamed in this verse)M
Mahāyakṣa (great Yakṣa)G
GuhakaB
Bhīṣma's city (pura)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes seeking timely goodwill and protective favor to maintain order and safety, suggesting that restraint and auspicious support can be ethically preferable to coercion while awaiting a critical arrival.
Bhīṣma addresses a powerful Yakṣa figure (called Mahāyakṣa and Guhaka), requesting that this being grant favor or protection until a certain king comes to Bhīṣma’s city.