Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

नाविद्यत तदा विप्रा: संचयस्तन्निबोधत । क्षीणौषधिसमावेशे द्रव्यहीनो5भवत्‌ तदा

Transliteration

na avidyat tadā viprāḥ sañcayas tan nibodhata | kṣīṇauṣadhi-samāveśe dravya-hīno 'bhavat tadā brāhmaṇo, suno | eka-samaye tatra mahān bhayaṅkaraḥ akālaḥ apatat | teṣu dineṣu dharmātmanaḥ brāhmaṇasya anna-sañcayo na āsīt, kṣetra-annaṃ ca śuṣyati sma | ataḥ sa sarvathā nirdhano 'bhavat |

Translation

নকুল বললেন—এ কথা জেনে রাখো, হে ব্রাহ্মণগণ, তখন কারও কাছেই সঞ্চিত রসদ ছিল না। যখন ঔষধি ও শস্য সম্পূর্ণ ক্ষীণ হয়ে গেল, তখন সেই ব্রাহ্মণ সর্বসম্পদহীন হয়ে পড়লেন।

Word by Word

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

• अविद्यत: was known / was found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• संचयः: store, stockpile
• संचयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• निबोधत: understand, take note
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2, plural, Parasmaipada

• क्षीण: when (it was) exhausted
• क्षीण: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण
• Form: PPP (क्त) from √क्षि, neuter, locative, singular

• औषधि: of herbs/vegetation (crops)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधि
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• समावेशे: in the condition/state (of being gathered/available)
• समावेशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समावेश
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• द्रव्यहीनः: devoid of wealth/resources
• द्रव्यहीनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रव्यहीन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभवत्: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• ब्राह्मणः: the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सुनो: hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• viprāḥ (brahmins)
• brāhmaṇaḥ (a brahmin)
• akālaḥ (famine)