Shloka 34

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

अथास्यासीदियं चिन्ता तत्‌ प्राप्प सुमहद्‌ भयम्‌ । न्यौले और उल्लू--दोनोंका लक्ष्य बने हुए उस चूहेको बड़ा भय हुआ। अब उसे इस प्रकार चिन्ता होने लगी-- ।। आपपशद्यस्यां सुकष्टायां मरणे प्रत्युपस्थिते

Transliteration

athāsyāsīd iyaṃ cintā tat prāpya sumahad bhayam | nyaule ca ulūke—dvayor lakṣya-bhūtasya mūṣakasya mahad bhayam abhavat | athāsyaivaṃ cintā jāyate—āpadi prāptāyāṃ su-kaṣṭāyāṃ maraṇe pratyupasthite ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：于是他心中生起沉重的忧虑，巨大的恐惧攫住了他。那只老鼠既成了獴与猫头鹰两者的目标，便被惊骇所淹没。在这般险厄之中，死亡近在咫尺，他便开始如此思量。

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अस्य: of him/of this (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• आसीत्: was/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• इयम्: this (thought)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• चिन्ता: anxiety/thought
• चिन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्राप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active, having obtained/reached

• सुमहत्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आपत्: calamity/distress
• आपत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पश्यत्: of (him) seeing/while seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, genitive, singular

• अस्याम्: in this
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• सुकष्टायाम्: in very great hardship
• सुकष्टायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुकष्टा
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• मरणे: in death/at death
• मरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• प्रत्युपस्थिते: when (it) had come near/was imminent
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उप-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• mouse (mūṣaka)
• mongoose (nyāula)
• owl (ulūka)
• death (maraṇa)