Shloka 83
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
यावन्त्यस्य शरीरेषु रोमकूपाणि भारत । तावन्त्यब्दसहस््राणि स्वर्गे वसति मानव:,भरतनन्दन! मनुष्यके शरीरमें जितने रोमकूप होते हैं, इस स्तोत्रका पाठ करनेवाला मनुष्य उतने ही हजार वर्षोतक स्वर्गमें निवास करता है
Transliteration
yāvanty asya śarīreṣu romakūpāṇi bhārata | tāvanty abdasahasrāṇi svarge vasati mānavaḥ ||
Translation
Vāyu-deva said: “O Bhārata, as many hair-pores as there are on a man’s body, for that many thousands of years does the one who recites this hymn dwell in heaven.”
Word by Word
यावन्तिas many as
यावन्ति:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयावत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अस्यof him/of this (person)
अस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
शरीरेषुin the bodies
शरीरेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
रोमकूपाणिhair-pores
रोमकूपाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरोमकूप
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
भारतO Bhārata
भारत:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तावन्तिso many
तावन्ति:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतावत्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
अब्दसहस्राणिthousands of years
अब्दसहस्राणि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअब्दसहस्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
स्वर्गेin heaven
स्वर्गे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
वसतिdwells
वसति:
TypeVerb
Rootवस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
मानवःa man
मानवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमानव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भरतनन्दनO delight of the Bharatas
भरतनन्दन:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootभरतनन्दन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu-devaB
BhārataS
SvargaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes