Shloka 57

Yadu-vaṃśa and the Haihaya Line: From Yadu to Kārtavīrya Arjuna

Devanagari script

यथा यष्टा यथा दाता तथा स्वर्गे महीपते

Transliteration

yathā yaṣṭā yathā dātā tathā svarge mahīpate

Translation

O lord of the earth, as is the sacrificer and as is the giver, so is his reward in heaven.

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial correlate)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुलनार्थक/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner adverb)

• यष्टा: sacrificer, one who performs sacrifice
• यष्टा: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial correlate)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुलनार्थक/प्रकारवाचक

• दाता: giver, donor
• दाता: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial correlate)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूप-प्रकारवाचक (correlative adverb: so, in that manner)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• महीपते: O king (lord of the earth)
• महीपते: सम्बोधन (Address/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समास: मही + पति (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'earth's lord')