Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

कृताकृतस्य मुख्यस्थ कनकस्याग्निवर्चस: । मनुष्यभारान्‌ दाशाहों ददौ दश जनार्दन:,दशा्हवंशके रत्न भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने अग्निके समान देदीप्यमान कृत्रिम सुवर्ण (मोहर) और अकृत्रिम विशुद्ध सुवर्णके (डले) दस भार उपहारमें दिये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

Kṛtākṛtasya mukhyastha kanakasyāgnivarcasaḥ |

Manuṣyabhārān dāśāhaḥ dadau daśa Janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) presented ten bhāras of gold—both worked (minted) and unworked (pure bullion), radiant like fire.

Word by Word

• कृताकृतस्य: of the artificial-and-natural (gold)
• कृताकृतस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृताकृत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मुख्यस्थ: O chief/foremost one
• मुख्यस्थ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कनकस्य: of gold
• कनकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनक
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अग्निवर्चसः: of (one) having fire-like radiance
• अग्निवर्चसः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निवर्चस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मनुष्यभारान्: man-loads/weights (bhāras)
• मनुष्यभारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्यभार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दाशाहम्: to Dāśāha (a person/recipient)
• दाशाहम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशाह
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• kanaka (gold)