Shloka 9

Bhāgīratha’s Tapas and the Petition to Gaṅgā (गङ्गावतरण-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

नातिदीर्घेण कालेन सागराणां क्षयो महान्‌ | भविष्यति महाघोर: स्वकृतै: कर्मभि: सुरा:,“अब थोड़े ही दिनोंमें अपने ही किये हुए अपराधोंद्वारा इन सगरपुत्रोंका अत्यन्त घोर और महान्‌ संहार होगा”

Transliteration

nātidirgheṇa kālena sāgarāṇāṃ kṣayo mahān | bhaviṣyati mahāghoraḥ svakṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ surāḥ ||

Translation

Lośa nói: “Chẳng bao lâu nữa, một cuộc diệt vong lớn lao—ghê gớm và kinh hoàng—sẽ giáng xuống các con trai của Sagara, do chính nghiệp họ đã gây nên.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अति: excessively, too
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति

• दीर्घेण: by (a) long (time)
• दीर्घेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कालेन: by time; within time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सागराणाम्: of the Sagaras / of the sons of Sagara
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्षयः: destruction, ruin
• क्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महा: greatly; very (prefixal intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महा

• घोरः: terrible, dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वकृतैः: by (their) own-done (deeds)
• स्वकृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वकृत
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कर्मभिः: by deeds, by actions
• कर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lośa (speaker)
• Sagara
• Sagara’s sons (Sāgaras)