Shloka 9

Kuvalāśva’s Lineage and Uttaṅka’s Petition concerning Dhundhu (धुन्धु-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

अथापश्यत्‌ कनन्‍्यां परमरूपदर्शनीयां पुष्पाण्यवचिन्वन्तीं गायन्तीं च । अथ सा राज्ञ: समीपे पर्यक्रामत्‌,“इतनेहीमें उनकी दृष्टि एक कन्यापर पड़ी, जो अपने परम सुन्दर रूपके कारण देखने ही योग्य थी। वह वनके फूल चुनती हुई गीत गा रही थी। धीरे-धीरे भ्रमण करती हुई वह राजाके समीप आ गयी

Transliteration

athāpaśyat kanyāṃ paramarūpadarśanīyāṃ puṣpāṇy avacinvantīṃ gāyantīṃ ca | atha sā rājñaḥ samīpe paryakrāmat |

Translation

ثم أبصر فتاةً فائقة الحسن، آسرةً للنظر. كانت تلتقط أزهار الغابة وتغنّي. وبخطى هادئة أخذت تقترب شيئًا فشيئًا من الملك—لقاءٌ يمهّد لاختبار الرغبة والتمييز في مواجهة ضبط النفس و«الدهرما» الملكية.

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अपश्यत्: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Lan (Imperfect), past, 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• कन्याम्: a maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• परम: supremely/very
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• रूप: beauty/form
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दर्शनीयाम्: worthy to be seen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शनीय
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• अवचिन्वन्तीम्: plucking/gathering
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + चि
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), feminine, accusative, singular

• गायन्तीम्: singing
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), feminine, accusative, singular

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

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• समीपे: near (in the vicinity)
• समीपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• पर्यक्रामत्: walked about/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + क्रम्
• Form: Lan (Imperfect), past, 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana (narrator/speaker)
• a king (rājā)
• a maiden (kanyā)
• forest flowers (puṣpāṇi)