Shloka 17
Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
Devanagari script
शशभक्षाददुष्टं वै नैव मांसं महाद्युते / शशो दुरात्मना पूर्वममना भक्षितो ऽनघ
Transliteration
śaśabhakṣādaduṣṭaṃ vai naiva māṃsaṃ mahādyute / śaśo durātmanā pūrvamamanā bhakṣito 'nagha
Translation
يا ذا البهاء العظيم، إن اللحم لا يتدنّس بأكل الأرنب؛ ولكن يا بريء، فقد كان الأرنب قد أُكِل من قبلُ على يد أمان الخبيث.
Word by Word
śaśa-bhakṣātfrom eating a hare
śaśa-bhakṣāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootśaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘śaśasya bhakṣaḥ’), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी/5), Singular (एकवचन)
aduṣṭamnot defiled
aduṣṭam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √duṣ धातु, क्त)
FormNegated past participle (नञ् + क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle/emphasis (निपात)
nanot
na:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध-निपात)
evaat all/indeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण-निपात)
māṃsammeat
māṃsam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmāṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mahā-dyuteO great-splendoured one
mahā-dyute:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormBahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि: ‘yasya mahā dyutiḥ saḥ’), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)
śaśaḥthe hare
śaśaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
dur-ātmanāby the evil-minded (one)
dur-ātmanā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdur (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya (कर्मधारय: ‘durātmā’ = evil-minded), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)
pūrvamformerly
pūrvam:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण), ‘formerly/before’
amanāunwillingly
amanā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-manā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNegated adjective (नञ्), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं); used adverbially ‘unwillingly/without consent’
bhakṣitaḥwas eaten
bhakṣitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhakṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √bhakṣ धातु, क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
anaghaO sinless one
anagha:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootanagha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormVocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग)