Shloka 26
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
Devanagari script
षष्ठे काले सदा विप्रो भुड्धक्ते तैः सह सुव्रत: । षष्ठे काले कदाचित् तु तस्याहारो न विद्यते
Transliteration
ṣaṣṭhe kāle sadā vipro bhṛtyabhakte taiḥ saha suvrataḥ | ṣaṣṭhe kāle kadācit tu tasyāhāro na vidyate ||
Translation
Nakula said: “At the sixth appointed time, the brāhmaṇa—steadfast in his vow—regularly ate the food set aside for the servants, together with them. Yet on one occasion, when that sixth time arrived, no food at all was available for him.”
Word by Word
षष्ठेon the sixth (day/time)
षष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
विप्रःthe brahmin
विप्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भुङ्क्तेeats/partakes
भुङ्क्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootभुज्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तैःwith them
तैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
सुव्रतःof good vow/strictly observant
सुव्रतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुव्रत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षष्ठेon the sixth (day/time)
षष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कदाचित्sometimes
कदाचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित्
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तस्यof him/of that (brahmin)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
आहारःfood/meal
आहारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
विद्यतेexists/is found
विद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
नकुल उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NakulaV
vipra (brāhmaṇa)B
bhṛtya (servants)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes