Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

नेदं शक्‍यं वृथा कर्तु मम सत्र॑ कथंचन

Transliteration

nedaṁ śakyaṁ vṛthā kartuṁ mama satraṁ kathaṁcana

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “This sacrificial session of mine cannot, in any way, be rendered futile or allowed to come to nothing.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• idam: this
• idam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• śakyam: possible / feasible
• śakyam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakya
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• vṛthā: in vain / uselessly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vṛthā

• kartum: to do / to make
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: tumun (infinitive)

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: genitive, singular

• satra: sacrificial session / rite (satra)
• satra: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: satra
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• kathaṃcana: in any way / by any means (at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• satra (sacrificial session)