Shloka 4

Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit

Devanagari script

तस्य चोद्धरणे यत्नमकुर्वस्ते सहस्रश:,फिर तो वे सहस्रों बालक उस गिरगिटको निकालनेका यत्न करने लगे। गिरगिटका शरीर एक पर्वतके समान था। बालकोंने उसे रस्सियों और चमड़ेकी पट्टियोंसे बाँधकर खींचनेके लिये बहुत जोर लगाया परंतु वह टस-से-मस न हुआ। जब बालक उसे निकालनेमें सफल न हो सके, तब वे भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके पास गये

Transliteration

tasya coddharaṇe yatnam akurvas te sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Then, in countless numbers, they exerted themselves to pull him out.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• उद्धरणे: in (the act of) lifting out / extraction
• उद्धरणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धरण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अकुर्वन्: they made / they did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands / in thousands (manyfold)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma