Shloka 18

Sabhā-praveśa, Dāna, and the Courtly Convergence (सभा-प्रवेशः दानं च)

Devanagari script

कुक्कुरो वेणुजड्यो5थ कालाप: कठ एव च | मुनयो धर्मविद्वांसो धृतात्मानो जितेन्द्रिया:

Transliteration

kukkuro veṇujaḍyo ’tha kālāpaḥ kaṭha eva ca | munayo dharmavidvāṁso dhṛtātmāno jitendriyāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There were sages named Kukkura, Veṇujaḍya, Kālāpa, and Kaṭha—seers who knew dharma, were steadfast in spirit, and had mastered their senses.”

Word by Word

• कुक्कुरः: Kukkura (a person named ‘Dog’/Kukkura)
• कुक्कुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्कुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेणुजड्यः: Veṇujaḍya (a person; lit. ‘bamboo-stiff/rigid’)
• वेणुजड्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणुजड्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कालापः: Kālāpa (a person named Kālāpa)
• कालापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कठः: Kaṭha (a person named Kaṭha)
• कठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मविद्वांसः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मविद्वांसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मविद्वांस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धृतात्मानः: self-controlled/steadfast-souled
• धृतात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जितेन्द्रियाः: having conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kukkura
• Veṇujaḍya
• Kālāpa
• Kaṭha
• Munis (sages)