Shloka 12

Ādi-parva 109: Pāṇḍu’s Forest Hunt and Kiṃdama’s Curse (पाण्डोर्मृगयावृत्तान्तः—किंदमशापः)

Devanagari script

कूपारामसभावाप्यो ब्राह्म॒णावसथास्तथा । बभूवु: सर्वर्द्धियुतास्तस्मिन्‌ राष्ट्र सदोत्सवा:,उस राष्ट्रके कुओं, बगीचों, सभाभवनों, बावलियों तथा ब्राह्मणोंके घरोंमें सब प्रकारकी समृद्धियाँ भरी रहती थीं और वहाँ नित्य-नूतन उत्सव हुआ करते थे

Transliteration

kūpārāmasabhāvāpyō brāhmaṇāvasathās tathā | babhūvuḥ sarvṛddhiyutās tasmin rāṣṭre sadotsavāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In that kingdom, the wells, pleasure-groves, assembly halls, and stepwells, as well as the dwellings of the brāhmaṇas, were all endowed with every kind of prosperity; and the land was continually alive with festivals.

Word by Word

• कूप: in wells
• कूप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• आराम: in gardens/pleasure-groves
• आराम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सभा: in assembly-halls
• सभा: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• आप: in water-reservoirs/stepwells
• आप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• ब्राह्मण: in (the) Brahmins'
• ब्राह्मण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अवसथ: dwellings/abodes
• अवसथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

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

• बभूवुः: were/became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्व: all (kinds of)
• सर्व: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋद्धि: prosperities/wealth
• ऋद्धि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• युताः: endowed with
• युताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्रे: in the kingdom
• राष्ट्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• उत्सवाः: festivals/celebrations
• उत्सवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rāṣṭra (the kingdom/realm)
• kūpa (wells)
• ārāma (groves/gardens)
• sabhā (assembly halls)
• vāpī (stepwells/reservoirs)
• brāhmaṇāvasatha (brāhmaṇa residences)