Shloka 25

Chapter 7: Dvīpa–Varṣa–Meru-varṇana

Description of the Dvīpa, Varṣas, and Mount Meru

Devanagari script

तत्र तेषां मन:शान्तिर्न पिपासा जनाधिप । तस्मिन्‌ फलरसे पीते न जरा बाधते च तान्‌,राजन! फलोंके उस रसका पान कर लेनेपर वहाँके निवासियोंके मनमें पूर्ण शान्ति और प्रसन्नता रहती है। उन्हें पिपासा अथवा वृद्धावस्था कभी नहीं सताती है

Transliteration

tatra teṣāṁ manaḥśāntir na pipāsā janādhipa | tasmin phalarase pīte na jarā bādhate ca tān rājān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There, O lord of men, their minds abide in calm contentment, and thirst does not trouble them. Having drunk that fruit-essence, O King, neither old age nor its afflictions oppress those dwellers.”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• शान्तिः: peace, calm
• शान्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

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

• पिपासा: thirst
• पिपासा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिपासा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• जनाधिप: O lord of people (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• फलरसे: in the fruit-juice/essence
• फलरसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलरस
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पीते: when drunk / after being drunk
• पीते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), masculine/neuter, locative, singular

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

• जरा: old age
• जरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• बाधते: afflicts, troubles
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध्
• Form: present, indicative, parasmaipada, 3rd, singular

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

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra implied)
• fruit-essence (phalarasa)