Shloka 39

Śārṅgakānāṃ Avināśaḥ (Why the Śārṅga Birds Were Spared) | शार्ङ्गकानामविनाशः

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्यमान: पौरैश्व ब्राह्मणैश्व सहस्रश: | विवेश भवन राज्ञ: पुरन्दरगृहोपमम्‌,पुरवासी मनुष्यों तथा सहसों ब्राह्मणोंद्वारा सम्मानित हो उन्होंने राजभवनके भीतर प्रवेश किया। वह घर इन्द्रभवनकी शोभाको भी तिरस्कृत कर रहा था

Transliteration

sampūjyamānaḥ pauraiś ca brāhmaṇaiś ca sahasraśaḥ | viveśa bhavanaṃ rājñaḥ purandaragṛhopamam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Honoured again and again by the townspeople and by thousands of brāhmaṇas, he entered the king’s palace—splendid like the mansion of Purandara (Indra). The scene upholds a social-ethical ideal: public reverence and brahminical esteem bestow legitimacy and auspiciousness upon royal space and upon the one received there.

Word by Word

• सम्पूज्यमानः: being honored/worshipped
• सम्पूज्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)

• पौरैः: by the citizens/townsmen
• पौरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• ब्राह्मणैः: by the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-विश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवनम्: the palace/house
• भवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरन्दर-गृह-उपमम्: comparable to Indra's house
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरन्दर + गृह + उपम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the king (rājā)
• citizens (paura)
• brāhmaṇas
• Purandara/Indra
• the royal palace (rājabhavana)