Shloka 16

Ānṛśaṃsya–Bhakti: Śukaḥ Śakreṇa Parīkṣitaḥ

Compassion and Devotion—The Parrot Tested by Indra

Devanagari script

तमेवं शुभकर्माणं शुकं परमधार्मिकम्‌ | विजानन्नपि तां प्रीतिं पप्रच्छ बलसूदन:

Transliteration

tam evaṁ śubhakarmāṇaṁ śukaṁ paramadhārmikam | vijānann api tāṁ prītiṁ papraccha balasūdanaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma nói: Dẫu đã hiểu rõ tình thâm ấy, Indra—kẻ diệt Bala—vẫn hỏi con vẹt Shuka chí thiện, bậc tối thượng về dharma, người làm các việc lành: “Tình yêu của chim đối với cây kia sâu nặng đến mức nào?”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• शुभकर्माणम्: of auspicious deeds
• शुभकर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शुकम्: Śuka (the sage)
• शुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमधार्मिकम्: supremely righteous
• परमधार्मिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमधार्मिक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विजानन्: knowing
• विजानन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even/though
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रीतिम्: affection, love
• प्रीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छ् (पृच्छ्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Past (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलसूदनः: Balasūdana (slayer of Bala; Indra)
• बलसूदनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Shuka (the parrot)
• Indra (Balasudana)
• Bala (as referenced in the epithet)
• Tree (vṛkṣa)