Shloka 23

धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance

Devanagari script

यत्र त्रयोदशसमा वने वन्येन जीवथ

Transliteration

yatra trayodaśasamā vane vanyena jīvatha

Translation

„Dort, im Wald, lebtet ihr dreizehn Jahre und nährtet euch von dem, was die Wildnis darbot.“

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• त्रयोदशसमा: thirteen years (in duration)
• त्रयोदशसमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश + सम
• Form: feminine, nominative singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: neuter, locative singular

• वन्येन: by/with forest-produce (wild food)
• वन्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental singular

• जीवथ: you live / you subsist
• जीवथ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव्
• Form: present (lat), 2nd person plural, parasmaipada

Speaker

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