Shloka 17
Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama
Devanagari script
न बाल एव ग्रियते तदा कश्चिज्जनाधिप । न च स्त्रियं प्रजानाति कक्षिदप्राप्तयौवन:,राजन! उन दिनों कोई भी बाल्यावस्थामें नहीं मरता था। कोई भी पुरुष युवावस्था प्राप्त हुए बिना स्त्री-सुखका अनुभव नहीं करता था
Transliteration
na bāla eva mriyate tadā kaścid janādhipa | na ca striyaṃ prajānāti kaścid aprāptayauvanaḥ ||
Translation
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O lord of men, in those days no one died while still a child; and no man, before attaining youth, came to know a woman.”
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
बालःa child
बालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
म्रियतेdies
म्रियते:
TypeVerb
Rootमृ
FormPresent (Lat), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular
तदाthen/at that time
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
कश्चित्anyone/someone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकश्चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जनाधिपO lord of men (king)
जनाधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootजनाधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand/also
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
स्त्रियम्a woman
स्त्रियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्रजानातिknows/has sexual experience of
प्रजानाति:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormPresent (Lat), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular
कश्चित्anyone/someone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकश्चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अप्राप्तयौवनःnot having attained youth
अप्राप्तयौवनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्राप्तयौवन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśaṃpāyanaJ
janādhipa (king)R
rājan (king)Sandhi Notes