Shloka 6

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

एतान्‌ बहुविधान्‌ वर्णान्‌ रूपैर्बिभ्रत्सनातन: । सहस्ननयन: श्रीमान्‌ शतशीर्ष: सहस्रपात्‌

Transliteration

etān bahuvidhān varṇān rūpair bibhrat sanātanaḥ | sahasranayanaḥ śrīmān śataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt |

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ภาวะอันเป็นนิรันดร์นั้นทรงแสดงสีสันและรูปภาวะนานาประการเช่นนี้ พระองค์ทรงรุ่งเรืองด้วยสิริ; ได้รับพรรณนาว่ามีดวงตาพัน มีเศียรร้อย และมีบาทพัน”

Word by Word

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बहुविधान्: of many kinds, various
• बहुविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वर्णान्: colors/complexions
• वर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रूपैः: with forms
• रूपैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बिभ्रत्: bearing, wearing
• बिभ्रत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्रनयनः: having a thousand eyes
• सहस्रनयनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-नयन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: splendid, glorious
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतशीर्षः: having a hundred heads
• शतशीर्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-शीर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहस्रपात्: having a thousand feet
• सहस्रपात्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-पद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Sanātana (the Eternal Being, i.e., the Supreme/Viṣṇu-like cosmic Person)