Shloka 23

Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)

Devanagari script

ततो<हं रथमारुह्य त्वामवोचं नराधिप । सभार्यो मां वहस्वेति तच्च त्वं कृतवांस्तथा

Transliteration

tato 'haṃ rathamāruhya tvām avocat narādhipa | sabhāryo māṃ vahasveti tac ca tvaṃ kṛtavāṃs tathā ||

Translation

Then I mounted the chariot and said to you, O king: “Carry me, together with my wife.” And you did exactly as I asked.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from/then')

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: (pronoun), Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• आरुह्य: having mounted
• आरुह्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्): having mounted

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Gender: (pronoun), Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• अवोचम्: I said/spoke
• अवोचम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Tense: Aorist (लुङ्), Person: 1st, Number: Singular, Voice: Parasmaipada

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Vocative, Number: Singular

• सभार्यः: together with (my) wife
• सभार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-भार्य
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: (pronoun), Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• वहस्व: carry/transport (me)
• वहस्व: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Mood: Imperative (लोट्), Person: 2nd, Number: Singular, Voice: Parasmaipada

• इति: thus/so (quoting)
• इति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (quotative particle)

• तत्: that (request/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: Neuter, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• च: and
• च: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Gender: (pronoun), Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• कृतवान्: did/have done
• कृतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवतु), Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• तथा: so/accordingly
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: Avyaya (manner adverb)

Speaker

च्यवन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Chyavana
• narādhipa (king)
• ratha (chariot)
• bhāryā (wife)