Shloka 50

Kṣānti–Tejas Viveka: Prahlāda’s Instruction to Bali

Draupadī’s Application

Devanagari script

कालो<यं दारुण: प्राप्तो भरतानामभूतये । निश्चितं मे सदैवैतत्‌ पुरस्तादपि भाविनि

Transliteration

kālo ’yaṁ dāruṇaḥ prāpto bharatānām abhūtaye | niścitaṁ me sadaivaitat purastād api bhāvini ||

Translation

భారత వంశానికి వినాశాన్ని తెచ్చే క్రూర కాలం ఇప్పుడు వచ్చి చేరింది. ఇది నా మనసులో ఎప్పటినుంచో నిశ్చయంగా ఉంది—ముందే జరగవలసినదిగా నిర్ణీతమైనట్లే.

Word by Word

• kālaḥ: time
• kālaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dāruṇaḥ: terrible, harsh
• dāruṇaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāruṇa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prāptaḥ: has come/arrived
• prāptaḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• bharatānām: of the Bharatas
• bharatānām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• abhūtaye: for ruin/misfortune
• abhūtaye: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-bhūti
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

• niścitam: is determined/decided
• niścitam: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√ci
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• me: of me / by me
• me: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā

• etat: this
• etat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• purastāt: before, in front, beforehand
• purastāt: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purastāt

• api: also, even
• api: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• bhāvini: in what is to come / in the future
• bhāvini: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvin
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bharatas (Kuru-Bharata dynasty)