Shloka 23

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

कुले जन्म तथा वीर्यमारोग्यं रूपमेव च । सौभाग्यमुपभोगश्व भवितव्येन लभ्यते,उत्तम कुलमें जन्म, बल-पराक्रम, आरोग्य, रूप, सौभाग्य और उपभोग-सामग्री--ये सब होनहारके अनुसार ही प्राप्त होते हैं

Transliteration

kule janma tathā vīryam ārogyaṁ rūpam eva ca | saubhāgyam upabhogaś ca bhavitavyena labhyate ||

Translation

Janaka sprach: Geburt in edler Linie, Kraft und Tapferkeit, Gesundheit, Schönheit, Glück und die Mittel zum Genuss—all dies wird gemäß dem, was bestimmt ist, erlangt.

Word by Word

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वीर्यम्: valor/strength
• वीर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आरोग्यम्: health
• आरोग्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरोग्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रूपम्: beauty/form
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपभोगः: enjoyment/consumption
• उपभोगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपभोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भवितव्येन: by destiny/what is to be
• भवितव्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवितव्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka