Shloka 97

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

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु प्रववर्ष स वासव: । संजीवयन्‌ प्रजा: सर्वा जनयामास चौषधी:,इसी समय इन्द्रने समस्त प्रजाको जीवनदान देते हुए बड़ी भारी वर्षा की और अन्न आदि ओषधियोंको उत्पन्न किया

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu pravavarṣa sa vāsavaḥ | saṃjīvayan prajāḥ sarvā janayāmāsa cauṣadhīḥ ||

Translation

At that very time, Vāsava (Indra) poured down a great rain; reviving all creatures, he caused the herbs and food-plants to spring forth—thus sustaining life through timely nourishment.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रववर्ष: rained down
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संजीवयन्: reviving, giving life to
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जीव्
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजाः: creatures/subjects
• प्रजाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• जनयामास: produced/caused to be born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• ओषधीः: herbs/medicinal plants (crops)
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Vāsava (Indra)
• prajāḥ (all creatures/subjects)
• oṣadhīḥ (herbs/food-plants)