Shloka 9

Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda

Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna

Devanagari script

ऐल उवाच द्विजस्य क्षत्रबन्धोर्वा कस्येयं पृथिवी भवेत्‌ । धर्मत: सह वित्तेन सम्यग वायो प्रचक्ष्व मे,पुरूरवाने पूछा--वायुदेव! धन-धान्यसहित यह पृथ्वी धर्मतः किसकी है? ब्राह्मणकी या क्षत्रियकी? यह मुझे ठीक-ठीक बताइये

Transliteration

aila uvāca: dvijasya kṣatrabandhor vā kasye iyaṃ pṛthivī bhavet | dharmataḥ saha vittena samyag vāyo pracakṣva me ||

Translation

ঐল (পুৰূৰবা) ক’লে—হে বায়ুদেৱ! ধন-সম্পদসহ এই পৃথিৱী ধৰ্মতঃ কাৰ—ব্ৰাহ্মণৰ নে ক্ষত্ৰিয়ৰ (সেয়া কেৱল ‘ক্ষত্ৰবন্ধু’ হ’লেও)? মোক সঠিককৈ কওক।

Word by Word

ऐलःAila (Purūravas)

उवाचsaid

द्विजस्यof a Brahmin (twice-born)

क्षत्रबन्धोःof a Kshatriya (lit. kshatriya-relative/one called kshatriya)

वाor

कस्यof whom

इयम्this

पृथिवीearth

भवेत्would be / should be

धर्मतःaccording to dharma / by right

सहtogether with

वित्तेनwith wealth

सम्यक्properly, correctly

वायोO Vāyu

प्रचक्ष्वtell, declare

मेto me

Speaker

ऐल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Aila (Purūravas)

Vāyu

Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

Kṣatrabandhu (unworthy Kṣatriya)

Pṛthivī (Earth/kingdom)

Vitta (wealth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes