Shloka 14
बकवधोत्तर-प्रशमनम् | Post-slaying Stabilization after Baka’s Death
Devanagari script
भक्षयित्वा च मांसानि मानुषाणां प्रकामत: । नृत्याव सहितावावां दत्ततालावनेकश:,“इच्छानुसार मनुष्यमांस खाकर हम दोनों ताल देते हुए साथ-साथ अनेक प्रकारके नृत्य करें!
Transliteration
bhakṣayitvā ca māṁsāni mānuṣāṇāṁ prakāmataḥ | nṛtyāvā sahitāvāvāṁ dattatalāv anekaśaḥ ||
Translation
ইচ্ছামতো মানুষের মাংস খেয়ে তৃপ্ত হয়ে, এসো—আমরা দু’জনে একসঙ্গে তাল দিয়ে করতালি করতে করতে নানা রকম নৃত্য করি।
Word by Word
भक्षयित्वाhaving eaten/devoured
भक्षयित्वा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootभक्ष्
Formक्त्वा, कर्तरि, पूर्वकाले (absolutive)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मांसानिfleshes/meats
मांसानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
मानुषाणाम्of humans
मानुषाणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
प्रकामतःat will, as desired
प्रकामतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रकाम
Formतसिल्/तस् (adverbial ablative)
नृत्यावtwo dances / dancing (dual)
नृत्याव:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनृत्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Dual
सहितौtogether, accompanied (the two of us)
सहितौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
आवाम्we two
आवाम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form1st, Nominative, Dual
दत्ततालौkeeping time / giving claps (the two of us)
दत्ततालौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदत्तताल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अनेकशःin many ways, repeatedly
अनेकशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनेक
Formशस् (distributive adverb)
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaH
human flesh (mānuṣa-māṁsa)Sandhi Notes