Shloka 9

Keśava-tattva-kathana

On the Principle of Keśava: Cosmogony and Divine Epithets

Devanagari script

भीष्य उवाच व्यवसायं तयोस्तत्र विदित्वा त्रिदशेश्वर: | सह देवैरुपययौ लोकपालैस्तथैव च

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca vyavasāyaṁ tayos tatra viditvā tridaśeśvaraḥ | saha devair upayayau lokapālaiḥ tathaiva ca ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: “O hari, nang malaman ni Indra—panginoon ng Tatlumpu’t Tatlong diyos—ang matatag na pasyang binuo ng dalawang iyon doon, dumating siya sa pook na yaon kasama ang mga diyos at ang mga tagapagbantay ng mga daigdig (Lokapala).”

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• व्यवसायम्: resolve, determination
• व्यवसायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवसाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तयोः: of those two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Common, Genitive, Dual

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• विदित्वा: having known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada-usage

• त्रिदशेश्वरः: lord of the thirty (gods), Indra
• त्रिदशेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदशेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• देवैः: with the gods
• देवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उपययौ: came, approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, उप

• लोकपालैः: with the guardians of the worlds
• लोकपालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तथैव: just so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + एव

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

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
• Indra (Tridaśeśvara)
• Devas (gods)
• Lokapālas (guardians of the worlds/directions)