Shloka 10
Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit
Devanagari script
नृगस्ततोअ<ब्रवीत् कृष्णं ब्राह्मणस्याग्निहोत्रिण: । प्रोषितस्य परिभ्रष्टा गौरेका मम गोधने,तब राजा नृगने भगवान् श्रीकृष्णसे कहा--प्रभो! एक अग्निहोत्री ब्राह्मण परदेश चला गया था। उसके पास एक गाय थी, जो एक दिन अपने स्थानसे भागकर मेरी गौओंके झुंडमें आ मिली
Translation
Then King Nṛga said to Krishna: “Lord, a Brahmin who maintained the Agnihotra fire had gone to a distant land. He had a single cow, and one day it strayed from its place and joined itself to my herd.”
Word by Word
नृगःNṛga (the king)
नृगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनृग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कृष्णम्to Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अग्निहोत्रिणःof an Agnihotrin (one who maintains the agnihotra)
अग्निहोत्रिणः:
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निहोत्रिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रोषितस्यof one who had gone away (was abroad)
प्रोषितस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रोषित
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
परिभ्रष्टाhaving strayed, wandered off
परिभ्रष्टा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिभ्रष्ट
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
गौःa cow
गौः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एकाone, single
एका:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
ममmy, of me
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular, 1st
गोधनेin (my) herd/wealth of cows
गोधने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगोधन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes