Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

सत्यं रतिश्न धर्मश्न स्वर्गश्न॒ गुणनिर्जित:,सस्‍त्रीणां पतिसमाधीन कांक्षितं च द्विजर्षभ । द्विजश्रेष्ठ! स्त्रियोंका सत्य, धर्म, रति, अपने गुणोंसे मिला हुआ स्वर्ग तथा उनकी सारी अभिलाषा पतिके ही अधीन है

Transliteration

satyaṁ ratiś ca dharmaś ca svargaś ca guṇa-nirjitaḥ | strīṇāṁ pati-samādhīnaṁ kāṅkṣitaṁ ca dvijarṣabha ||

Translation

Nakula said: “O bull among the twice-born, for women truthfulness, love, righteousness, and even heaven—won through their own virtues—along with whatever they desire, are understood to be dependent upon the husband.”

Word by Word

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रतिः: love/pleasure
• रतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मः: dharma/duty
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गुणनिर्जितः: won/obtained by (one's) virtues
• गुणनिर्जितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुणनिर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पति-समाधीनम्: dependent on the husband
• पति-समाधीनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति-समाधीन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• काङ्क्षितम्: the desired (thing)
• काङ्क्षितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काङ्क्षित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• द्विजर्षभ: O bull among the twice-born (best of Brahmins)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• dvija (brāhmaṇa addressee)