Shloka 95
Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
Devanagari script
क्रीडते भगवांल्लोके बालः क्रीडनकेरिव / न प्रमातुं महाबाहुं शक्यो ऽसौ मधुसूदनः
Transliteration
krīḍate bhagavāṃlloke bālaḥ krīḍanakeriva / na pramātuṃ mahābāhuṃ śakyo 'sau madhusūdanaḥ
Translation
భగవంతుడు లోకంలో బాలుడిలా, బొమ్మతో ఆడుకునే శిశువులా లీలగా క్రీడిస్తాడు. ఆ మహాబాహు మధుసూదనుని కొలవడం గాని పూర్తిగా గ్రహించడం గాని ఎవరికీ సాధ్యం కాదు.
Word by Word
krīḍateplays, sports
krīḍate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkrīḍ (धातु)
FormLaṭ lakāra (Present/लट्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
lokein the world
loke:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana
bālaḥas a child
bālaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootbāla (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; used as predicate/apposition
krīḍanakaḥa toy
krīḍanakaḥ:
Upamāna (उपमान/Standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootkrīḍanaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; ‘toy/doll’
ivalike
iva:
Upamā-dyotaka (उपमा-द्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; upamā-vācaka particle ‘like/as’
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; negation particle
pramātumto measure, to assess
pramātum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Infinitival purpose; object of śakyaḥ)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-mā (धातु) → pramātuṃ (कृदन्त)
FormTumun infinitive (तुमुन्/Infinitive); ‘to measure/assess’
mahā-bāhumthe mighty-armed one
mahā-bāhum:
Karma (कर्म/Object; of pramātum)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘one with great arms’ (epithet)
śakyaḥpossible
śakyaḥ:
Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (प्रधान-विशेषण/Predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootśakya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate adjective ‘possible’ (impersonal sense)
asauthat one (he)
asau:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; of implied ‘is’)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
madhusūdanaḥMadhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
madhusūdanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to asau)
TypeNoun
Rootmadhu (प्रातिपदिक) + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘slayer of Madhu’