Shloka 32

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

उलूकपक्षिध्वनिभिद्देवतायतनैर्व॒॑तम्‌ । लोहघण्टापरिष्कारं श्वयूथपरिवारितम्‌,वहाँ कई देवालय थे, जिनके भीतर उल्लू पक्षीकी आवाज गूँजती रहती थी। वहाँके घरोंको लोहेकी घंटियोंसे सजाया गया था और झुंड-के-झुंड कुत्ते उन घरोंको घेरे हुए थे

Transliteration

ulūkapakṣi-dhvanibhir devatāyatanair vṛtam | loha-ghaṇṭā-pariṣkāraṃ śva-yūtha-parivāritam ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “It was surrounded by shrines of the gods, within which the cries of owls and other birds kept echoing. The dwellings there were adorned with iron bells, and packs of dogs stood all around them.”

Word by Word

• उलूक: of an owl
• उलूक: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (in compound), Singular

• पक्षि: bird
• पक्षि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (in compound), Singular

• ध्वनि: sound
• ध्वनि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वनि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (in compound), Singular

• भिद्: piercing, splitting
• भिद्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिद् (√भिद्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (in compound), Singular

• देवतायतनैः: with temples (abodes of deities)
• देवतायतनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवतायतन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वृतम्: surrounded, encompassed
• वृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (√वृ)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• लोह: iron
• लोह: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (in compound), Singular

• घण्टा: bells
• घण्टा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घण्टा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (in compound), Plural (sense)

• परिष्कारम्: adornment, furnishing
• परिष्कारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिष्कार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्व: dogs
• श्व: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (in compound), Plural (sense)

• यूथ: a pack, herd
• यूथ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यूथ
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (in compound), Singular

• परिवारितम्: surrounded, encircled
• परिवारितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिवारित (√वृ + परि)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• devatāyatanāni (temples/shrines)
• ulūka (owl)
• pakṣi (birds)
• loha-ghaṇṭāḥ (iron bells)
• śva-yūthāni (packs of dogs)