Shloka 5

Suvarṇa-janma and Dakṣiṇā-Māhātmya

Origin and Supremacy of Gold as Ritual Fee

Devanagari script

प्रासादा यत्र सौवर्णा वसोर्धारा च यत्र सा । गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यत्र तत्र यान्ति सहसत्रदा:

Transliteration

prāsādā yatra sauvarṇā vasordhārā ca yatra sā | gandharvāpsaraso yatra tatra yānti sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

قال فاسيشثا: «حيث القصور الذهبية، وحيث يوجد ذلك السيل المشهور للثروة، فَسُذَارَا (Vasudhārā)—وحيث يجتمع الغندهرفا والأبساراس—إلى ذلك الموضع يمضون بالآلاف.»

Word by Word

• प्रासादाः: palaces
• प्रासादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• सौवर्णाः: golden
• सौवर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वसोः: of Vasu (Kubera/wealth)
• वसोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धारा: stream, flow
• धारा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गन्धर्व: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases
• अप्सरसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• यान्ति: go, proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहस्रदा: a thousandfold; repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रदा

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases
• Golden palaces (sauvarṇa-prāsāda)
• Vasudhārā / Vasordhārā (stream of wealth)