Shloka 30

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

देवास्त्वनुग्रहं चक्रुर्मण्ड्रकानां भृगूत्तम । यत्तच्छूणु महाबाहो गदतो मम सर्वश:,भुगुश्रेष्॒ महाबाहो! उस समय देवताओंने मेढकोंपर जो कृपा की, वह सब बता रहा हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

devās tv anugrahaṃ cakrur maṇḍrakānāṃ bhṛgūttama | yat tac chṛṇu mahābāho gadato mama sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“噢，婆利古族中最卓越者，噢，臂力无双者！昔日诸天曾向曼陀罗迦诸蛙施以恩泽。且听我将那恩典如何降临的始末，尽数道来。”

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रुः: made/did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• मण्ड्रकानाम्: of the frogs (Mandrakas)
• मण्ड्रकानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्ड्रक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भृगु-उत्तम: O best of the Bhṛgus
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: which/what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• शृणु: hear, listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गदतः: of me speaking/telling
• Type: Verb
• Root: गद्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सर्वशः: entirely, in full, in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Devas (the gods)
• Maṇḍraka frogs (Maṇḍrakāḥ)
• Bhṛgu lineage (Bhṛgu)