Shloka 5

Adhyāya 62: Sañjaya’s Admonition to Dhṛtarāṣṭra on Rāja-dharma and Consequence

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यमन्रुवन्‌ देवा: कमयं धास्यतीति वै । मामेवायं धयत्वग्रे इति ह स्माह वासव:,देवताके समान तेजस्वी उस शिशुको पिताकी गोदमें शयन करते देख देवता आपसमें कहने लगे, यह किसका दूध पीयेगा? यह सुनकर इन्द्रने कहा--यह पहले मेरा ही दूध पीये

Transliteration

anyonyam anruvan devāḥ kam ayaṁ dhāsyatīti vai | mām evāyaṁ dhayatv agre iti ha smāha vāsavaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: Seeing that radiant infant lying in his father’s lap, the gods spoke among themselves, “Whose milk will this child drink?” Hearing this, Vāsava (Indra) declared, “Let him first drink my milk alone.”

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, to one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial accusative)

• अन्रुवन्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• कम्: whom
• कम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• अयम्: this (one), he
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• धास्यति: will suck/drink (milk)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धयति/धाति = to suck, drink milk)
• Form: Future (Luṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (quotative)

• वै: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, singular

• एव: only, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (restrictive particle)

• अयम्: this (one), he
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• धयतु: let him suck/drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धयति/धाति = to suck, drink milk)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• अग्रे: first, in front, beforehand
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र
• Form: Avyaya (locative used adverbially)

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya (quotative)

• ह: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• स्म: indeed/then (narrative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म
• Form: Avyaya (past/remembered narrative particle)

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (आह = perfect of √अह्/√ब्रू in usage: to say)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

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

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Vāsava (Indra)
• the infant/child
• the father (of the child)
• milk