Shloka 55

Āśā-prabhava (आशाप्रभव) — On the Rise and Power of Hope/Expectation

Sumitra Itihāsa Begins

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ गते महाशब्द: शरीरात्‌ तस्य निर्ययौ । पृष्टश्नाह बल॑ विद्धि यतो वृत्तमहं तत:

Transliteration

tasmin gate mahāśabdaḥ śarīrāt tasya niryayau | pṛṣṭaś cāha balaṃ viddhi yato vṛttam ahaṃ tataḥ ||

Translation

Khi vị ấy đã đi, một tiếng động lớn phát ra từ thân thể ông, và lại có một người hiện ra. Bị hỏi, người ấy nói: “Hãy biết ta là Sức Mạnh (Bala). Nơi nào chánh hạnh thịnh hành, nơi ấy cũng là chỗ ở của ta.”

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (person/time/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गते: having gone / when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाशब्दः: a great sound
• महाशब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरीरात्: from the body
• शरीरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• निर्ययौ: went out / issued forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√या
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पृष्टः: when asked / being asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच्छ्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलम्: strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विद्धि: know (you)! / understand!
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यतः: where / since
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्

• वृत्तम्: good conduct / right practice
• वृत्तम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• ततः: there / from there / therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• प्रह्लाद (Prahlāda, as referenced in the Hindi gloss)
• बल (Bala/Strength, personified)