Shloka 97
Varṇa-dharma and Rājadharma: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Normative Outline (वर्णधर्म-राजधर्म-प्रश्नोत्तरम्)
Devanagari script
तस्मान्निषादा: सम्भूता: क्रूरा: शैलवनाश्रया: । ये चान्ये विन्धथ्यनिलया म्लेच्छा: शतसहस्रश:,उसीसे पर्वतों और वनोंमें रहनेवाले क्रूर निषादोंकी उत्पत्ति हुई तथा दूसरे जो विन्ध्यगिरिके निवासी लाखों म्लेच्छ थे, उनका भी प्रादुर्भाव हुआ
Transliteration
tasmān niṣādāḥ sambhūtāḥ krūrāḥ śailavanāśrayāḥ | ye cānye vindhyānilayā mlecchāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“由此缘故，尼沙陀（Niṣāda）族诞生——凶悍之民，居于山岭与森林。又有无数弥勒叉（Mleccha），以数十万计出现——他们居住在温陀耶（Vindhya）地区。”
Word by Word
तस्मात्from that (cause/source)
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
निषादाःNiṣādas (a tribe/people)
निषादाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिषाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सम्भूताःarisen/produced
सम्भूताः:
Karta
TypeParticiple
Rootसम् + भू
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (kta)
क्रूराःcruel/fierce
क्रूराः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रूर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शैलवनाश्रयाःdwelling in mountains and forests
शैलवनाश्रयाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशैल-वन-आश्रय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho/which
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विन्ध्य-अनिलयाःhaving their abode in the Vindhya (mountains)
विन्ध्य-अनिलयाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविन्ध्य-निलय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
म्लेच्छाःMlecchas (foreign/barbarian peoples)
म्लेच्छाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootम्लेच्छ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शतसहस्रशःby hundreds of thousands; in hundreds of thousands
शतसहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतसहस्रशस्
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaN
NiṣādasV
Vindhya (Vindhya mountains/region)M
MlecchasM
mountainsF
forestsVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes