Shloka 17

यमसभावर्णनम् (Yamasabhā-varṇanam) — Nārada’s Description of Dharmarāja’s Assembly

Devanagari script

कपोतरोमा तृणकः सहदेवार्जुनौ तथा । व्यश्वः साशथ्वः कृशाश्वश्च शशबिन्दुश्च पार्थिव:

Transliteration

kapotaromā tṛṇakaḥ sahadevā'rjunau tathā | vyaśvaḥ sāśathvaḥ kṛśāśvaś ca śaśabinduś ca pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “There were kings named Kapotaromā, Tṛṇaka, and likewise Sahadeva and Arjuna; also Vyaśva, Sāśathva, Kṛśāśva, and Śaśabindu—each a ruler of the earth.”

Word by Word

• कपोतरोमा: Kapotaroman (a king/person named ‘pigeon-haired’)
• कपोतरोमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोतरोमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तृणकः: Tṛṇaka (proper name)
• तृणकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृणक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहदेव: Sahadeva
• सहदेव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्जुन: Arjuna
• अर्जुन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• व्यश्वः: Vyaśva (proper name)
• व्यश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• साशथ्वः: Sāśathva (proper name)
• साशथ्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साशथ्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृशाश्वः: Kṛśāśva (‘lean-horsed’; proper name)
• कृशाश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृशाश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शशबिन्दुः: Śaśabindu (proper name)
• शशबिन्दुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशबिन्दु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पार्थिवः: the king/monarch
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Kapotaromā
• Tṛṇaka
• Sahadeva
• Arjuna
• Vyaśva
• Sāśathva
• Kṛśāśva
• Śaśabindu