Shloka 45

Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances

Devanagari script

ईप्सितं तु मृगेन्द्रस्य मांसं यत्‌ यत्र संस्कृतम्‌ । अपनीय स्वयं तद्।ि तैन्यस्तं तस्य वेश्मनि,एक दिन उन सेवकोंने शेरके खानेके लिये जो मांस तैयार करके रखा गया था, उसके स्थानसे हटाकर सियारके घरमें रख दिया

Transliteration

īpsitaṃ tu mṛgendrasya māṃsaṃ yat yatra saṃskṛtam | apanīya svayaṃ tad hi tainyastaṃ tasya veśmani ||

Translation

Śārṭūla said: “The meat that had been prepared in the proper place for the lion—the king of beasts—was taken away by them and, of their own accord, placed in the jackal’s dwelling.”

Word by Word

ईप्सितम्desired, sought

तुbut, indeed

मृगेन्द्रस्यof the lord of beasts (lion)

मांसम्meat

यत्which

यत्रwhere

संस्कृतम्prepared, made ready

अपनीयhaving removed/taken away

स्वयम्themselves, personally

तत्that (meat)

न्यस्तम्placed, deposited

तस्यof him/of that (jackal)

वेश्मनिin the house/dwelling

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śārṭūla (speaker)

mṛgendra (lion)

jackal (śṛgāla implied by context)

meat (māṃsa)

dwelling/house (veśman)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes