Shloka 24
Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala
On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving
Devanagari script
कुशवल्मीकभूयिष्ठं बभूव च यथा पुरा । ततः स राजा कुशिक: सभार्यस्तेन कर्मणा,वहाँ पहलेके ही समान कुश और बाँबीकी अधिकता हो गयी। तत्पश्चात् पत्नीसहित राजा कुशिक ऋषिका वह महान् अद्भुत प्रभाव देखकर उनके उस कार्यसे बड़े विस्मयको प्राप्त हुए। इसके बाद हर्षमग्न हुए कुशिकने अपनी पत्नीसे कहा--
Transliteration
kuśa-valmīka-bhūyiṣṭhaṃ babhūva ca yathā purā | tataḥ sa rājā kuśikaḥ sa-bhāryas tena karmaṇā |
Translation
“Just as before, the place again became thickly overgrown with kuśa grass and ant-hills. Seeing that wondrous effect produced by her act, King Kuśika—together with his queen—was struck with great astonishment.”
Word by Word
कुशवल्मीकभूयिष्ठम्abounding in kuśa-grass and anthills
कुशवल्मीकभूयिष्ठम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकुश-वल्मीक-भूयिष्ठ
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
बभूवbecame / came to be
बभूव:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
पुराformerly / earlier
पुरा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
ततःthen / thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुशिकःKuśika (proper name)
कुशिकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुशिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सभार्यःtogether with (his) wife
सभार्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस-भार्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेनby that / with that
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
कर्मणाby (that) act/deed
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaK
Kuśika (king)K
Kuśika's wife (queen)K
kuśa grassV
valmīka (ant-hill)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes