Shloka 53

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

वैवस्वतस्य सदनं न स गच्छेत्‌ कदाचन । यस्य कन्याह्दे वासो देवलोक॑ स गच्छति

Transliteration

vaivasvatasya sadanaṃ na sa gacchet kadācana | yasya kanyāhrade vāso devalokaṃ sa gacchati ||

Translation

যাৰ কন্যাহ্ৰদত বাস হয়, সি কেতিয়াও বৈবস্বত (যম)ৰ সদনলৈ নাযায়; মৃত্যুৰ পাছত সি দেৱলোক লাভ কৰে।

Word by Word

• वैवस्वतस्य: of Vaivasvata (Yama)
• वैवस्वतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सदनम्: abode, house
• सदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गच्छेत्: would go / should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कदाचन: ever, at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचन

• यस्य: whose / of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कन्याहृदे: in the maiden-lake (Kanyā-hrada)
• कन्याहृदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्याहृद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वासः: dwelling, residence
• वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवलोकम्: the world of the gods (heaven)
• देवलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गच्छति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaivasvata (Yama)
• Vaivasvata-sadana (abode of Yama)
• Kanyāhrada
• Devaloka