Shloka 97

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

रन्तिदेवो हि नृपतिरप: प्रादादकिंचन:

Transliteration

rantidevo hi nṛpatir apaḥ prādād akiñcanaḥ

Translation

ৰাজা ৰন্তিদেৱ নিজে অকিঞ্চন হৈও পানী পৰ্যন্ত দান কৰিছিল।

Word by Word

• रन्तिदेवः: Rantideva
• रन्तिदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रन्तिदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नृपतिः: king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपः: waters (water)
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अकिञ्चनः: having nothing; destitute (yet generous)
• अकिञ्चनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकिञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्षशुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rantideva