Shloka 3

Droṇācārya’s Assessment of the Pāṇḍavas: Nīti, Kāla, and Intelligence (विराटपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

अल्पावशिष्टं कालस्य गतभूयिष्ठमन्तत: । तेषामज्ञातचर्यायामस्मिन्‌ वर्षे त्रयोदशे,“इस तेरहवें वर्षमें पाण्डवोंके अज्ञातवासका अधिकांश समय बीत चुका है और थोड़े ही दिन शेष हैं

Transliteration

alpāvaśiṣṭaṁ kālasya gatabhūyiṣṭham antataḥ | teṣām ajñātacaryāyām asmin varṣe trayodaśe ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：在他们隐姓埋名的第十三年里，所定期限的大半已然过去，至终末只余些许时日。般度五子之隐匿将近圆满，使得守誓至最后一刻的法义张力愈发迫切。

Word by Word

• अल्प: little, small (amount)
• अल्प: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अवशिष्टम्: remaining
• अवशिष्टम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवशिष्ट (अव + √शिष्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गत: gone, elapsed
• गत: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (√गम्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भूयिष्ठम्: the greater part, most
• भूयिष्ठम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयिष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अन्ततः: at the end, finally
• अन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ततः
• Form: true

• तेषाम्: of them (of the Pandavas)
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अज्ञात: unknown, undisclosed
• अज्ञात: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्ञात (न + √ज्ञा)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• चर्यायाम्: in the conduct/sojourn (living)
• चर्यायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्षे: in (the) year
• वर्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• त्रयोदशे: in the thirteenth
• त्रयोदशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective (Ordinal)
• Root: त्रयोदश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas