Shloka 36
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
Devanagari script
नानिष्टाय प्रदातव्या कन्या इत्यूषिचोदितम् | तन्मूलं काममूलस्य प्रजनस्येति मे मति:
Translation
ويرى المَهارِشيّون أنه لا ينبغي أن تُزوَّج الفتاةُ لمن لا يصلح؛ لأن تزويجها من رجلٍ كفء هو—في رأيي—سببُ سعادةِ الكاما (kāma) وسببُ إنجابِ ذريةٍ صالحة.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अनिष्टायto an unworthy (person)
अनिष्टाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअनिष्ट
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
प्रदातव्याshould be given
प्रदातव्या:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-दा
Formतव्यत् (gerundive), Feminine, Nominative, Singular, obligation (passive sense)
कन्याa maiden/daughter
कन्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
उषिचाby Uśic (name of a sage)
उषिचा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootउषिच्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
उदितम्said/uttered
उदितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-इ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मूलम्root/cause
मूलम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमूल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
काममूलस्यof (that which is) rooted in desire
काममूलस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकाम-मूल
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
प्रजनस्यof progeny/offspring
प्रजनस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजन
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
मतिःopinion/view
मतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्य उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes