Shloka 49

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता सा ततः प्राह धर्मार्थो नौ समौ द्विज

Transliteration

ityuktā sā tataḥ prāha dharmārtho nau samau dvija

Translation

Thus addressed, she replied: “O brāhmaṇa, for us dharma and artha stand on equal footing.”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्ता: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्राह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मार्थः: the purpose of dharma / dharma-purpose
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नौ: of us two
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: 1st, Genitive, Dual

• समौ: equal (both)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• द्विज: O brahmin (twice-born)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• a woman (sā)
• dvija (a brāhmaṇa / twice-born)