Shloka 34

Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative

Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

पर्वत उवाच ग्रामे चाधिकृत: सो5स्तु खरयानेन गच्छतु । शुन: कर्षतु वृत्त्यर्थे यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्‌

Transliteration

parvata uvāca grāme cādhikṛtaḥ so 'stu kharayānena gacchatu | śunaḥ karṣatu vṛttyarthe yas te harati puṣkaram ||

Translation

Parvata said: “Let him be appointed to an office in the village, and let him go about on a donkey-cart. Let him, for the sake of his livelihood, be made to plough with dogs—he who steals your lotus.”

Word by Word

• पर्वतः: Parvata (name), the mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• ग्रामे: in the village
• ग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• अधिकृतः: appointed/put in charge
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि√कृ (अधिकृत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let (him) be / let (it) be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular

• खरयानेन: by/with a donkey-cart (donkey-vehicle)
• खरयानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खरयान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गच्छतु: let him go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular

• शुनः: of a dog
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कर्षतु: let (it/him) pull
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष्
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular

• वृत्त्यर्थे: for livelihood (for the sake of maintenance)
• वृत्त्यर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• हरति: takes away/steals
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• पुष्करम्: lotus; (also) a bowl/drum (context-dependent)
• पुष्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

पर्वत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parvata
• grāma (village)
• khara (donkey)
• yāna (cart/vehicle)
• śvan (dog)
• puṣkara (lotus)