Shloka 10

Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Sarvadamana’s Childhood and Śakuntalā’s Claim at Court

Devanagari script

कालवर्षी च पर्जन्य: सस्यानि रसवन्ति च । सर्वरत्नसमृद्धा च मही पशुमती तथा,मेघ समयपर पानी बरसाता और अनाज रसयुक्त होते थे। पृथ्वी सब प्रकारके रत्नोंसे सम्पन्न तथा पशु-धनसे परिपूर्ण थी

Transliteration

kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sasyāni rasavanti ca | sarvaratnasamṛddhā ca mahī paśumatī tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In that time the rains fell in due season, and the crops became full of sap and flavor. The earth was rich in every kind of treasure and likewise abounded in cattle—signs of a well-ordered realm where prosperity follows right governance and harmony with dharma.

Word by Word

• कालवर्षी: raining in due season
• कालवर्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालवर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पर्जन्यः: rain-cloud; rain
• पर्जन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सस्यानि: crops; grains
• सस्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• रसवन्ति: juicy; full of sap/flavor
• रसवन्ति: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रसवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• सर्वरत्नसमृद्धा: abounding in all gems
• सर्वरत्नसमृद्धा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वरत्नसमृद्ध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मही: earth
• मही: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पशुमती: rich in cattle/animals
• पशुमती: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पशुमत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Parjanya (rain/cloud)
• Mahī (Earth)
• Sasyāni (crops)
• Ratna (treasures/jewels)
• Paśu (cattle/livestock)