Shloka 44

उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

अनेकयुगवर्षायुर्निहत्य नरक॑ मृथे । नीत्वा कन्‍्यासहसत्राणि उपयेमे यथाविधि

Transliteration

anekayugavarṣāyur nihatyā narakaṁ mṛdhe | nītvā kanyāsahasrāṇi upayeme yathāvidhi ||

Translation

Wika ni Vidura: “Nang mapatay niya si Naraka sa digmaan—na ang buhay ay umaabot sa maraming yugto ng panahon—dinala niya ang libu-libong dalaga at saka sila pinakasalan ayon sa wastong ritwal at itinakdang kaugalian.”

Word by Word

• अनेक: many
• अनेक: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युग: aeon, age
• युग: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वर्ष: year(s)
• वर्ष: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आयुः: lifespan
• आयुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• नरकम्: Naraka (a person/king named Naraka)
• नरकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृधे: in battle
• मृधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• नीत्वा: having taken/led away
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage as gerund)

• कन्या: maidens
• कन्या: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपयेमे: he married/espoused
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: rule, prescribed rite
• विधि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Naraka (Narakāsura)
• kanyāḥ (maidens)