Shloka 95

Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

ममन्थुर्दक्षिणं चोरुमृषयस्तस्य मन्त्रतः । ततोअ<सस्‍्य विकृतो जज्ञे हस्वाड़ः पुरुषो भुवि

Transliteration

mamanthur dakṣiṇaṃ corum ṛṣayas tasya mantrataḥ | tato 'sya vikṛto jajñe hasvāḍaḥ puruṣo bhuvi ||

Translation

เหล่าฤๅษีได้ใช้ฤทธิ์แห่งมนตร์กวนมถันต้นขาขวาของเขา จากการนั้นบนแผ่นดินได้บังเกิดบุรุษผู้พิกลรูปนามว่า หัสวาฑะ

Word by Word

• ममन्थुः: churned
• ममन्थुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्थ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दक्षिणम्: right
• दक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ऊरुम्: thigh
• ऊरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/its
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मन्त्रतः: by/through (the power of) mantra
• मन्त्रतः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of this/of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विकृतः: deformed/altered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• हस्वाड्यः: short-statured (Hrasvāḍya, a proper epithet/name)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्वाड्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
• Hasvāḍa