Shloka 9

ब्राह्मण–क्षत्रिय-श्रेष्ठता-विवादः

Arjuna–Vāyu Dialogue on Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya Precedence

Devanagari script

अनन्ता हाक्षया नित्यं भोगिन: सुमहाबला: | तेषां कुलोद्भवा ये च महाभूता भुजड़मा:

Transliteration

anantā hākṣayā nityaṃ bhoginaḥ sumahābalāḥ | teṣāṃ kulodbhavā ye ca mahābhūtā bhujaḍmāḥ ||

Translation

เหล่าภคิน (นาค) เหล่านั้นเป็นอนันต์ เป็นนิตย์ และไม่เสื่อมสูญ—ทรงพละยิ่งนัก และบรรดาภุชังคมผู้มีสภาพดุจมหาภูตซึ่งบังเกิดในวงศ์ของเขาทั้งหลาย ก็ล้วนมีวงแขนอันทรงกำลัง

Word by Word

• अनन्ताः: endless, innumerable
• अनन्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अक्षयाः: imperishable
• अक्षयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• भोगिनः: serpents (the hooded ones)
• भोगिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सु-महा-बलाः: very great in strength
• सु-महा-बलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कुल-उद्भवाः: born in their lineage
• कुल-उद्भवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलोद्भव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who, those who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाभूताः: great beings
• महाभूताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भुजङ्गमाः: serpents
• भुजङ्गमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजङ्गम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

रेणुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Reṇukā
• Bhogin (Nāga/serpent beings)
• Mahābhūta (great beings/elemental beings)