Shloka 4
Jamadagni, Brahmasva, and Royal Coercion (धेनुहरण-प्रसङ्गः / ब्रह्मस्व-अपरिहार्यत्वम्)
Devanagari script
दानं विनापहरणं ब्राह्मणानां तपस्विनाम् / शतायुषोर्ऽजुनादन्यः को न्विच्छति जिजीविषुः
Transliteration
dānaṃ vināpaharaṇaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām / śatāyuṣor'junādanyaḥ ko nvicchati jijīviṣuḥ
Translation
إن سلبَ أموالِ البراهمةِ الزهّادِ من غيرِ عطاءٍ لا يليق. فمَن ذا الذي يبتغي الحياةَ يفعل ذلك غيرَ أرجونا ذي المئةِ عام؟
Word by Word
dānamgift; giving
dānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; abstract noun
vināwithout
vinā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात/पूर्वपद; 'without' (takes instrumental/ablative sense)
apaharaṇamseizure; taking away
apaharaṇam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootapaharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) < apa-√hṛ (धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; action noun ‘taking away’
brāhmaṇānāmof the Brahmins
brāhmaṇānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen.), बहुवचन
tapasvināmof the ascetic (ones)
tapasvinām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Roottapasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen.), बहुवचन; adjective qualifying brāhmaṇānām
śatāyuṣoḥof the two long-lived (persons)
śatāyuṣoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootśata-āyus (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śata + āyus); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen.), द्विवचन; ‘of the two hundred-lived/long-lived’
arjunātfrom Arjuna
arjunāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootarjuna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Abl.), एकवचन
anyaḥanother (person)
anyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन
kaḥwho?
kaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; interrogative
nuindeed/then (particle)
nu:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic/interrogative particle)
icchatidesires
icchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√iṣ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
jijīviṣuḥwishing to live
jijīviṣuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootjijīviṣu (प्रातिपदिक) < √jīv (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; इच्छार्थक-प्रत्यय (desiderative adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; qualifying kaḥ/anyaḥ