Shloka 18

Devanagari script

यस्माजन्नाद्रियते कश्नचित्‌ ततो5हं समवासयम्‌

Transliteration

yasmāj janādriyate kaścit tato 'haṃ samavāsayam |

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „Mein Kind, da niemand unter den Menschen ihm Achtung erwies, gewährte ich ihm Unterkunft in meinem eigenen Haus. Mitunter verzehrte er in einem einzigen Mahl so viel, dass es viele Tausende hätte sättigen können; mitunter aß er nur wenig und verließ dann das Haus — an einem solchen Tag kehrte er nicht wieder.“

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from which/because of which
• यस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• आद्रियते: is respected / is honored
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√दृ (आदर)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Active (middle form)

• कश्चित्: someone/anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: therefore/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• समवासयम्: I lodged / I made (him/them) stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√वस् (वास)
• Form: Imperfect (Past), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• a guest/ascetic (unnamed in the given excerpt)
• house/home (gṛha)