Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तं॑ कृतक्षणमासीन पर्यपृच्छच्छचीपति: । महर्षे किंचिदाश्नर्यमस्ति दृष्टं त्वयानघ

Transliteration

taṁ kṛtakṣaṇam āsīnaṁ paryapṛcchac chacīpatiḥ | maharṣe kiṁcid āścaryam asti dṛṣṭaṁ tvayānagha ||

Translation

那罗陀稍坐片刻、略作歇息之后，舍契之主因陀罗问道：“无垢的大圣啊，你在何处可曾见到什么奇妙之事？”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृतक्षणम्: having taken a moment (having rested a while)
• कृतक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसीनम्: seated
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसीन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यपृच्छत्: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शचीपतिः: Śacī's lord (Indra)
• शचीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शचीपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महर्षे: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• किम्: what / any (in a question)
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• चित्: at all; some (enclitic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित्

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder; something marvelous
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अस्ति: is; exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Indra
• Narada
• Shachi

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models respectful inquiry and attentiveness to moral or extraordinary occurrences: a ruler (Indra) seeks insight from a sage (Nārada), implying that governance and ethical discernment benefit from listening to realized seers and learning from noteworthy events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that after Nārada rests briefly, Indra—addressed as Śacīpati—approaches him with a question, asking whether he has witnessed any remarkable or astonishing event, setting up Nārada’s forthcoming account.