Shloka 36

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

ते निपेतुस्ततस्तूर्ण दक्षयज्ञविहिंसया । भीमरूपा महाकाया: शतशो5थ सहसत्रश:

Transliteration

te nipetustatas tūrṇaṁ dakṣayajñavihiṁsayā | bhīmarūpā mahākāyāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นการทำลายยัญพิธีของทักษะเริ่มขึ้น พวกเขาก็พุ่งลงมาในทันที—มีรูปอันน่าสะพรึงกลัว กายมหึมา—มาเป็นร้อย ๆ แล้วต่อด้วยเป็นพัน ๆ

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• निपेतुः: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• दक्षयज्ञविहिंसया: by the destruction/violence at Daksha's sacrifice
• दक्षयज्ञविहिंसया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष-यज्ञ-विहिंसा
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• भीमरूपाः: of terrible form
• भीमरूपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम-रूप
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• महाकायाः: huge-bodied
• महाकायाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-काय
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शतशः: by hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

दक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa’s yajña (sacrifice)