Shloka 18

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

यदि द्वादशवर्षाणि न वर्षेष्यति वासव:

Transliteration

yadi dvādaśavarṣāṇi na varṣeṣyati vāsavaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “If Vāsava (Indra) should not send rain for twelve years…”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• द्वादशवर्षाणि: twelve years (as a duration)
• द्वादशवर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशवर्ष
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वर्षेष्यति: will rain
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: simple future (luṭ), 3rd, singular

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vāsava (Indra)