Shloka 4
अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः
Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge
Devanagari script
नतु शस्त्र ग्रहीष्यामि कथंचिदपि भाविनि | ऋते नियोगाद् विप्राणामेष मे समय: कृत:
Transliteration
na tu śastraṁ grahīṣyāmi kathaṁcid api bhāvini | ṛte niyogād viprāṇām eṣa me samayaḥ kṛtaḥ |
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“然而我绝不执起兵刃——无论何种情形——除非奉婆罗门之命。这便是我所立的誓约。”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
शस्त्रम्weapon
शस्त्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ग्रहीष्यामिI shall take/accept
ग्रहीष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
कथम्how
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
चित्ever/at all (enclitic)
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
भाविनिin the future/when the future comes
भाविनि:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootभाविन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
ऋतेexcept/without
ऋते:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋते
नियोगात्from an injunction/command; by order (lit. except from an order)
नियोगात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनियोग
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
विप्राणाम्of the Brahmins
विप्राणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मेmy/of me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
समयःvow/pledge/compact
समयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसमय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतःmade/undertaken
कृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)Ś
śastra (weapons)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes