Shloka 9
कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च
Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation
Devanagari script
भूतानां निधन निष्ठा स्रोतसामिव सागर: । नैतत् सम्यग्विजानन्तो नरा मुहान्ति वज्धृक्
Translation
“O Indra, tagapagdala ng Vajra! Gaya ng lahat ng agos ng tubig na sa dagat humahantong bilang huling kanlungan, gayon din sa mga may katawan: ang huling hantungan ay kamatayan. Ang sinumang tunay na nakauunawa nito ay hindi nahuhulog sa pagkalito.”
Word by Word
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
निधन-निष्ठाhaving death as the final resort/end
निधन-निष्ठा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिधननिष्ठा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
स्रोतसाम्of streams/currents
स्रोतसाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootस्रोतस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सागरःthe ocean
सागरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसागर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एतत्this (fact)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सम्यक्properly, correctly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
विजानन्तःknowing, understanding
विजानन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा
FormPresent active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
नराःmen, people
नराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मुह्यन्तिare deluded
मुह्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootमुह्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
Speaker
श॒क्र उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes