Shloka 18

अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः

The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī

Devanagari script

कल्माषगोयुगेनाथ युक्तेन तरतो जलम्‌ । पितरो5भिलपषणन्ते वै नावं चाप्यधिरोहिता:

Transliteration

kalmāṣa-goyugenātha yuktena tarato jalam | pitaro 'bhilapaṣaṇante vai nāvaṃ cāpy adhirohitāḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “When one crosses water using a properly fitted yoke of a mottled ox, the Pitṛs (ancestral spirits) call out in approval—indeed, as though they themselves have boarded the boat.”

Word by Word

• कल्माषगोयुगेन: with a yoke of spotted oxen
• कल्माषगोयुगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्माषगोयुग
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• युक्तेन: by/with (something) yoked, harnessed
• युक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तरतः: (two) cross / are crossing
• तरतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Present, Third, Dual

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पितरः: the Fathers (manes/ancestors)
• पितरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभिलपन्ते: speak out / call out
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-लप्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• नावम्: boat
• नावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अधिरोहिताः: having mounted / embarked
• अधिरोहिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-रुह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Pitṛs (ancestors)
• water (river/crossing)
• ox-yoke (go-yuga)
• boat (nāva)