Shloka 6
Tapovana-praveśaḥ — The King’s Entry into the Sacred Grove and Vision of the Āśrama
Devanagari script
ताभि: सह समापेतुर्ब्राह्मणा: संशितव्रता: । ऋतावृतौ नरव्यात्र न कामान्नानृती तथा,नररत्न! वे कठोर व्रतधारी ब्राह्मण केवल ऋतुकालमें ही उनके साथ मिलते थे; न तो कामवश और न बिना ऋतुकालके ही
Transliteration
tābhiḥ saha samāpetur brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ | ṛtāv ṛtau naravyāghra na kāmān nānṛtī tathā ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: Those Brahmins, steadfast in their austere vows, approached and consorted with those women only in the proper season. O tiger among men, it was neither from mere lust nor at an improper time; thus they upheld restraint and truthfulness in conduct.
Word by Word
ताभिःwith those (women)
ताभिः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स्त्री. ता-)
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether/with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
समापेतुःcame together/consorted
समापेतुः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आप् (धातु)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
संशितव्रताःof strict vows
संशितव्रताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंशित-व्रत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ऋतौin the season (of fertility)
ऋतौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
ऋतौin the season
ऋतौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
नरव्याघ्रO tiger among men
नरव्याघ्र:
TypeNoun
Rootनर-व्याघ्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
कामात्from desire/out of lust
कामात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
नnor/not
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अनृतिःimproper conduct/untruth (as a fault)
अनृतिः:
TypeNoun
Rootअनृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaB
brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)T
tāḥ (those women, unspecified)N
naravyāghra (addressed listener, unspecified)Sandhi Notes