Shloka 111
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
Devanagari script
तस्य सत्याभिसंधस्य सक्तुदानेन चैव ह । शरीरार्थ च मे विप्रा: शातकुम्भमयं कृतम्,विप्रवरो! उन सत्यप्रतिज्ञ ब्राह्मणके सत्तूदानसे मेरा यह आधा शरीर भी सुवर्णमय हो गया
Transliteration
tasya satyābhisaṃdhasya saktudānena caiva ha | śarīrārthaṃ ca me viprāḥ śātakumbhamayaṃ kṛtam ||
Translation
“O brāhmaṇas, by the power of that man’s unwavering resolve to truth—and indeed by his gift of parched grain (sattū)—this very body of mine has, as it were, been made of pure gold (śātakumbha).”
Word by Word
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
सत्याभिसंधस्यof (one) whose resolve is true / of true intention
सत्याभिसंधस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसत्याभिसंध
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सक्तुदानेनby the gift of parched flour (saktu)
सक्तुदानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसक्तुदान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
हindeed (particle)
ह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
शरीरार्थम्for the sake of (my) body
शरीरार्थम्:
Prayojana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीरार्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मेmy/of me
मे:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
विप्राःO brahmins
विप्राः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Plural
शातकुम्भमयम्made of gold
शातकुम्भमयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशातकुम्भमय
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कृतम्made/turned (into)
कृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Passive (PPP sense)
Speaker
श्षशुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)Ś
śātakumbha (pure gold)S
saktu (parched grain offering)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes