Shloka 12

Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya

Sanskrit

अहन्यह्यनुप्राप्ते तौ च नागकुमारकौ ।

आजग्मतुर्मुदा युक्तौ प्रीत्या सूनोर्महीपतेः ॥

Transliteration

ahany ahy anuprāpte tau ca nāgakumārakau | ājagmatur mudā yuktau prītyā sūnor mahīpateḥ ||

Translation

Tag für Tag, sobald der Tag anbrach, kamen jene beiden Nāga-Jünglinge — erfüllt von Freude und Zuneigung — zum Sohn des Königs.

Word by Word

• अहनि: on a day
• अहनि: अधिकरण (time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगे (in repetition)

• अहि: (day)
• अहि: सम्बन्ध (repetition marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः ‘अहनि अहि’ इति पाठभेद-सदृशः; प्रचलितार्थे ‘अहनि अहनि’ = day by day (here taken as sandhi of अहनि+अहनि)

• अनुप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• अनुप्राप्ते: सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP) ‘अनुप्राप्त’; सप्तमी एकवचन (locative absolute) नपुंसक/पुं; ‘when (the day) had arrived’

• तौ: those two
• तौ: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नागकुमारकौ: the two Nāga-princes
• नागकुमारकौ: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, द्विवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नागानां कुमारकौ)

• आजग्मतुः: they came
• आजग्मतुः: क्रिया (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: करण (manner/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक (instrumental of manner)

• युक्तौ: endowed (with)
• युक्तौ: कर्ता-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (PPP) ‘युक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा द्विवचन; ‘endowed/connected’

• प्रीत्या: with affection
• प्रीत्या: करण/हेतु (cause/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; हेतौ/भावे (instrumental of feeling/motive)

• सूनोः: of the son
• सूनोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• महीपतेः: of the king
• महीपतेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मही + पति = lord of earth)

Speakers

• Narrator

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Repetition and routine
• Friendship/attachment
• Plot development through regular contact

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Repeated association strengthens bonds and influence; Purāṇic storytelling often uses daily recurrence to show how attachment forms gradually and becomes consequential.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Carita/ākhyāna progression; it establishes continuity necessary for later causality within the narrative.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Day by day’ signals saṃskāra-building: impressions accumulate through repetition, shaping desire and destiny—an inner mechanics mirrored by outer narrative routine.