Shloka 77

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

प्रसन्नसलिले काले यथा स्यात्‌ सागरो नृप । तद्धत्‌ तव बल॑ तद्‌ वै निश्चलं समवस्थितम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

prasannasalile kāle yathā syāt sāgaro nṛpa |

tadvat tava balaṃ tad vai niścalaṃ samavasthitam ||

Translation

Sañjaya thưa: “Tâu Đại vương, như biển cả trở nên lặng và vững khi nước trong và thời thế yên, thì quân của bệ hạ—chính đạo quân ấy—cũng đứng vững, bất động, chỉnh tề.”

Word by Word

• प्रसन्नसलिले: in (a time of) clear/placid water
• प्रसन्नसलिले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न-सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• स्यात्: would be / might be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सागरः: the ocean
• सागरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तद्वत्: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत्

• तव: of you / your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• बलम्: strength, army
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• निश्चलम्: steady, unmoving
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समवस्थितम्: is established / stands firm
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-स्था
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• nṛpa (the king—Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)
• sāgara (ocean)