Shloka 17

Sundopasundayor Digvijayaḥ — The Conquests of Sunda and Upasunda

Nārada’s Account

Devanagari script

न चापि तेषां वीराणां जीवतां कुरुनन्दन । पित्र्यों$श: शक्‍य आदातुमपि वज्रभूता स्वयम्‌,कुरुनन्दन! पाण्डववीरोंके जीते-जी उनका पैतृक अंश साक्षात्‌ वज्रधारी इन्द्र भी नहीं ले सकते

Transliteration

na cāpi teṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ jīvatāṃ kurunandana | pitryo ’ṃśaḥ śakya ādātum api vajrabhūtā svayam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“哦，俱卢之欢，当那些英雄尚在人世，他们应得的父业份额便无人能夺；纵使金刚杵在手的因陀罗亲自出面，也不能夺走本属他们之物。”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• api: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• vīrāṇām: of the heroes
• vīrāṇām: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• jīvatām: while living / of those alive
• jīvatām: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jīvat
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• kurunandana: O delight of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuru-nandana
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• pitryaḥ: paternal/ancestral
• pitryaḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pitrya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• aṁśaḥ: share/portion
• aṁśaḥ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṁśa
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• śakyaḥ: possible/able (to be)
• śakyaḥ: Pradhana (predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ādātum: to take/appropriate
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā
• Form: infinitive (tumun)

• api: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• vajrabhūtā: having become like a thunderbolt / thunderbolt-like
• vajrabhūtā: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vajra-bhūta
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• svayam: personally, himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kuru dynasty (Kurunandana)
• Indra (Vajradhara)
• Pāṇḍava heroes (implied by context)