महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-16, verse-31

विष्णुरुवाच ।
बलं ददामि सर्वेषां कर्मैतद्ये समास्थिताः ।
क्षोभ्यतां कलशः सर्वैर्मन्दरः परिवर्त्यताम् ॥३१॥

31. viṣṇuruvāca ,
balaṁ dadāmi sarveṣāṁ karmaitadye samāsthitāḥ ,
kṣobhyatāṁ kalaśaḥ sarvairmandaraḥ parivartyatām.

31. viṣṇuḥ uvāca | balam dadāmi sarveṣām karma etat ye samāsthitāḥ
| kṣobhyatām kalaśaḥ sarvaiḥ mandaraḥ parivartyatām

31. Viṣṇu said: "I grant strength to all who are engaged in this task. Let the ocean be stirred by all of them, and let Mandara Mountain be rotated!"

31. וִישְׁנוּ אמר, אני נותן כוח לכל העוסקים במשימה הזו. שיטלטלו כולם את הכד, ושיסובבו את הר מַנְדַרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

• बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power)

• ददामि (dadāmi) - I grant (I give, I bestow)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - to all (those) (of all, to all)

• कर्म (karma) - this task (deed, action, task)

• एतत् (etat) - this

• ये (ye) - those who (who, those who)

• समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - engaged in (engaged in, standing together, stationed)

• क्षोभ्यताम् (kṣobhyatām) - let it be stirred (let it be agitated/stirred)

• कलशः (kalaśaḥ) - the ocean (as a great vessel) (pot, jar, vessel)

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all of them (gods and demons) (by all)

• मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - Mandara Mountain

• परिवर्त्यताम् (parivartyatām) - let it be rotated (let it be rotated/turned)

Words meanings and morphology

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a principal deity in Hinduism)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, might; army; force

ददामि (dadāmi) - I grant (I give, I bestow)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - to all (those) (of all, to all)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the gods and demons mentioned earlier.

कर्म (karma) - this task (deed, action, task)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual; fate

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

ये (ye) - those who (who, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Note: Refers to the Daityas and Nāgas.

समास्थिताः (samāsthitāḥ) - engaged in (engaged in, standing together, stationed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāsthita

samāsthita - standing together, stationed, engaged in, devoted to

past passive participle

Past passive participle of root `sthā` (to stand) with prefixes `sam` and `ā`.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ye'.

क्षोभ्यताम् (kṣobhyatām) - let it be stirred (let it be agitated/stirred)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṣubh

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

कलशः (kalaśaḥ) - the ocean (as a great vessel) (pot, jar, vessel)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kalaśa

kalaśa - water-pot, jar, pitcher; a vessel in general

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all of them (gods and demons) (by all)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

मन्दरः (mandaraḥ) - Mandara Mountain

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandara

mandara - Mandara mountain (used as the churning rod in the Samudra manthana myth); slow, firm

परिवर्त्यताम् (parivartyatām) - let it be rotated (let it be rotated/turned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of parivṛt

Root `vṛt` with prefix `pari`.

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Previous Verse Next Verse